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‘It’s true’: France playmaker Romain Ntamack drops Super Rugby hint
By Finn Morton
French fly-half Romain Ntamack may be on the way to play in either Australia or New Zealand sometime in the future after dropping an intriguing Super Rugby bombshell in a recent radio interview.
Ntamack, 24, is widely considered one of the most electric playmakers in Test rugby. The Toulouse pivot is simply the type of player that every team would love to have among their ranks.
While the 37-Test out-half appears comfortably settled at boyhood club Toulouse and with the French national team, Ntamack may head south later in his career.
After releasing his autobiography called “Le rugby dans le sang” – which translates to ‘Rugby in the Blood’ – Ntamack was a guest on French radio where he hinted at a future move to Super Rugby.
“It’s not necessarily relevant right away,” Ntamack told RTL. “But it’s true that the southern hemisphere has always attracted me.
“Since I was little, I’ve always watched Super Rugby.”
Along with French captain Antoine Dupont at halfback, Ntamack is one part of the most exciting halves duo in Test rugby. The pair are lethal as individuals, but deadly as a rugby combination.
But in the lead-up to the Rugby World Cup on French soil, both Ntamack and French rugby were dealt a tough hand. Ntamack sustained a devastating injury that ruled him out of the tournament.
Ntamack ruptured his left knee ligament during a win over Scotland in August. Bordeaux’s Matthieu Jalibert stepped into the No. 10 jersey during the World Cup and was phenomenal.
But France fell short of their dreams and expectations. Without Ntamack, France were sent packing in the quarterfinals after losing to eventual champions South Africa in a one-point thriller
Fans, players and coaches were left devastated as they left to ponder where it went wrong. But in the wake of the defeat, Ntamack has unequivocally defended coach Fabien Galthie.
“I think that with everything he has brought to this team over the last four years, even this elimination in no way calls into question all the work that has been done,” Ntamack added.
“He’s the man for the job and there is obviously no debate about that.”
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I was at this match. Jordie Barrett earned his money with a massive hit to slow a connaught attack to win the math when Leinster had 14 in the last few mins. Mack Hansen had a real go at the refereeing after citing a serious head hits on Iaone and Aki.
connaught were up for this. Snyman tried a trademark dirty after, and the onnaught 4 and the onnaught pack absolutely laid into him.
Leinster hose to kick to the corner when only winning by 5 with 10 left and qith only 2 tries scored. onnaught should have punisihed them for that utter stupidity after they broke out and Leinster yellowed to stop the attack.
13 changes from last week. It seems teams are scoring about 10 points less against Leinster this year. With Neinaber in his second year, the new attack coah established, surely they will be a bigger threat in champions up? Or will the attack recgress further.
They must adopt the SA philosophy of take your 3 pointers and the bonus points will come.
connaught back line inluding Iaone, Murphy, Aki, Forde, cordero is the seond best in Ireland surely. Leinster were lucky here
Go to commentsShould have played more for England but he jumped ship just as he was breaking through.
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