Small journalistic irony.
It was when he was approached at the opening, while Matthieu Jalibert would slide on the bench, that Romain Ntamack took the time to talk about his two games at the center with the XV of France against Argentina and the Georgia, as well as its association with Bordeaux.
A competition that the Toulousain welcomes with serenity.
“With any number on my back, I'll give myself 100%,” he promises.
The French opener needed some practice to regain his rhythm in a position he hadn't held recently, but, if he prefers to be 10, he is not complaining.
“The automatisms came quickly: we get along very well with the guys behind, we speak the same rugby language so, to find each other, it was quite easy and we saw what it was like against Georgia.
"
With Jalibert, "we get along well"
Against Argentina, it was a little less that.
Adversity had succeeded in extinguishing a Ntamack less flamboyant than usual, which had the gift of annoying the French, who admits it only with a hint.
“I wanted to show a better image, I know that I was expected and I wanted to do better, even if I was not used a lot, very little used in defense… I had the impression of making a match one little half-hearted.
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As for his relationship with Matthieu Jalibert, everything is fine, however.
Failing to display the greatest complicity in the world, the two men do not put themselves in the figure.
Healthy rivalry, as they say in the middle.
" We get along well.
There is a lot of excitement around both of us and people can feel like we are competing all the time.
But we know that we get along well, we discuss, as with all the players.
There is no animosity between us, quite the contrary.
"
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Ntamack approached at the opening, Jalibert towards the bench
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Romain Ntamack
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