2023-08-14 13:41:48
By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted 12 minutes ago
Emile Ntamack. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
The father of Romain Ntamack, former international, reacted to his son’s package for the Rugby World Cup.
«The World Cup continues“, relativized Monday with AFP the former international Emile Ntamack, leaving to the other Blues the care of “take the torchof his son Romain, forfeited for the competition in France (September 8-October 28) due to a knee injury.
QUESTION: How did Romain welcome the news of his package?
ANSWER: “It just fell, we are still a little in shock, even if he felt it coming since his injury on Saturday (during a preparation match against Scotland). We were hoping for a pleasant surprise this morning (Monday), but we had no illusions. It didn’t smell good. He had already taken blows to the knee and there he felt that it was not as usual. Even if the doctors tried to be reassuring in the locker room saying that it didn’t look too bad, there is also the feeling of the body, which does not lie».
Q: It’s all the more cruel as the World Cup starts in less than a month…
R: «When you fight for four years for a deadline, you come close and it slips away from you, it’s sad, of course… It’s going to take a little time to digest. He is combative, I am not worried about his return. But a World Cup in your country is very rare. He will fight to try to make others, but they will not be in France whatever happens. Now what? We are not going to feel sorry for fate. We must put things into perspective, the World Cup continues. There are the buddies, everything they worked for. You have to be all the way behind, it’s up to them to take the torch».
Q: To what extent can the absence of Romain penalize the Blues?
R: «The objective will not change. If we work with an expanded workforce under the (Fabien) Galthié era, with 42 players, it is also to compensate for this kind of event. We must not be mistaken: we lose an important element, but that’s how the collective will adapt. No one is irreplaceable. It will be necessary to find the resources to continue what has been undertaken and what they are fighting for».
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