Cian Tracey: Antoine Dupont and Jamison Gibson-Park will show beauty in the land of animals

Cian Tracey: Antoine Dupont and Jamison Gibson-Park will show beauty in the land of animals

The box-office battle between the world's two best scrum halves will have a big say in Saturday's Champions Cup final between Toulouse and Leinster

Toulouse captain Antoine Dupont. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportfile

James Lowe threw the cat between the pigeons in the immediate aftermath of Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final victory over Northampton by declaring that Jamison Gibson-Park is “probably the best nine in the world”.

In fairness to Lowe, he did comment on his bold statement by saying that the only other scrum-half comparable to Gibson-Park in current form is Antoine Dupont.