If he says he is 100% when facing the Springboks on Sunday, Romain Ntamack knows that he will not have an easy time. The fault in particular lies with his counterpart…
Two years after the quarter-final of the World Cup lost to the wire at the Stade de France, the XV of France meets South Africa on Saturday to launch its November test series. A match which will inevitably have a special flavor for the Blues.
Even for those who weren’t there two years ago. “Of course, I was not present during this quarter-final, but the trauma went beyond the players who were on the field that day,” said Romain Ntamack in an interview with The Team.
The Stade Toulousain opener approaches this clash against the Springboks with certain certainties and “a lot of desire”. “It’s true that it’s been a while since I’ve been able to do a November tour at 100% of my abilities. Today, that’s the case, so I take it with a lot of desire, a lot of lightness, like a kid who would wear the French team jersey for the first time, who would come to a rally for the first time.”
he explained.
An additional weapon for the Springboks
Romain Ntamack is no less aware of the immense challenge that awaits him. And all the more so with the emergence on the South African side of a new phenomenon, the opener Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
“He is very good. I watched him play during the Rugby Championship, he brings something extra to this team, an extra weapon,” he analyzed.
And all the more so since the number 10 of the Springboks has
“around him exceptional players who no longer need to be introduced, like Cheslin Kolbe, (Kurt-Lee) Arendse, the centers…, he added. That’s one more. We know that we will have to lock him out, but also lock out all the other players around if we want to compete against them. »
