“He’s the man for the job, there’s no debate about that”: Romain Ntamack supports Fabien Galthié

2023-11-06 16:59:02

He did not participate in this World Cup, but he still seemed affected by the elimination of the French XV. Romain Ntamack, deprived of the World Cup at home due to a ruptured cruciate ligament, spoke for the first time, while waiting for Fabien Galthié to speak, since his team’s defeat against South Africa ( 29-28) in the quarter-finals.

“Like all French people, I was sad and disappointed, especially since I had been around boys for quite a while,” he explained this Monday morning. at the microphone of RTL. They were friends, I was very disappointed for them, for the group. Everyone saw us going much further. At the end of the match, we said to ourselves: But it’s not possible, it can’t end like that. Not now. We were dejected, a little stunned. »

The usual number 10 of the French XV, affected on August 12 in a preparation match against Scotland, still wanted to support his teammates at the end of the match by sending them an SMS. “I tried to be quite simple, I just wanted to tell them that I was sad and disappointed for them. That we had to try to get this out quickly. Most of the responses were disappointment, sadness. Nobody believed it,” he said.

An elimination for which Ben O’Keeffe, the referee of the match, is responsible for certain supporters, but not for Romain Ntamack. “There are still many factors which mean that we could not have relied on arbitration. It’s part of the sport. Some decisions are not always in our favor but I don’t think we should call the arbitration into question. » For the 24-year-old international, all it took was a “little bit of luck” for the Blues to overcome the Springboks.

The one who sees himself go abroad and particularly in the southern hemisphere once in his career also announced his support for Fabien Galthié. Asked about the future of the Blues coach, Ntamack said there was “no debate”. “This elimination should not call into question all the work done, everything he has contributed over the past four years. He’s the man for the job, there’s no debate about that! », repeated the opening half of Stade Toulouse.