Rugby-Namibia's Deysel suffers online abuse after Dupont collision

France thrashed Namibia 96-0 for their biggest ever victory. Deysel, whose initial yellow card upgraded to a red, was sent abusive messages on Instagram in the comments section of his posts, L'Equipe reported.

Namibia captain Johan Deysel was the target of online abuse after his clash with France skipper Antoine Dupont left the scrumhalf with a facial fracture during their Rugby World Cup match on Thursday, French sports publication L'Equipe reported. Dupont suffered the injury in the 46th minute and was forced off the field at the Stade de Marseille after a clash of heads with Deysel in a clumsy tackle. France thrashed Namibia 96-0 for their biggest ever victory.

Deysel, whose initial yellow card upgraded to a red, was sent abusive messages on Instagram in the comments section of his posts, L'Equipe reported. Deysel's Instagram account has been set to private. The Namibian Rugby Federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Dupont will remain with the France squad, the French Rugby Federation said on Friday, and will see a specialist to determine how long he will be unavailable. He looks set to at least miss France's last Pool A game against Italy on Oct. 6 and is in doubt for their potential quarter-final clash against top-ranked Ireland or defending champions South Africa on the weekend of Oct. 14-15.

Namibia's final game is against Uruguay on Sept. 27.

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