By wanting to win at Thomond Park, do you feel like you've written a page in the history of Stade Toulousain?
Romain Ntamack:
Yes, we knew the story between Munster and Stade Toulousain in the European Cup.
Each time, it has always been great matches that have entered the history and legend of the European Cup.
It was not denied today (Saturday).
I think we had an exceptional match.
Munster were a team that did very little at the Stade and had never won at Thomond Park.
We wanted to write our story with this team.
We had an almost perfect match to win.
We are very proud of this victory.
Even if the road is still long, it is a good step forward.
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Things settled down within 20 minutes ...
We knew very well that things weren't going to play out in the first 10 or 20 minutes.
Neither in the first half.
We knew very well that we had to stick to the score at least until 20 minutes from the end to make them doubt.
We also knew the contribution that our bench was going to bring.
We had a 6-2 this week (six forwards, two fullbacks as substitutes) because we wanted them to push them in for 80 minutes in front.
The bench did a huge job in the last 20 minutes, they gave the team something extra.
The match is played in the last 20 minutes and in our favor.
We won this match at 23.
Did you expect the Munster, known for its minimalist game, to play so much?
We expected it, we had analyzed them on video.
We know the game of Munster, it is an Irish team which has been playing like the Irish team with automatisms for a very long time.
We used to them playing few balls but, given the conditions, we knew that with the players they had behind, they could send the game. What they showed us at times.
They hurt us on certain sequences but, once again, we never gave up.
Even when we took one try and then another, we stayed focused, in our game, we kept our game plan and we saw that after a while, we broke them.
And we took the advantage.
“We score on the wings because in front, they put us in the advance. It was a game where the plan was respected. And it worked"
Was the half-time speech to let go?
It wasn't really about letting go, but rather keeping our plan.
Keep our guiding line: do not play in our camp, go as much as possible to their homes and put them at fault.
Afterwards, once in their camp, we knew that our big guys were going to do the job and move forward to put us, three-quarters, in the best possible conditions.
This is what happened.
We mark on the wings because in front, they put us in the advance.
It was a game where the plan was respected.
And it worked.
In the second half, you often played over their defense. Is it a choice of the coaches or the players?
It is not a choice of the
players ... (Smile) It comes from the coaches, they saw it on the side of the field.
With the wingers that we have, it made my job easier.
We saw in the video that the wingers and the rear closed quite early and that there were opportunities in those areas.
It worked for us in that match.
It was a strategy that was well suited.
Have you shown a typically Anglo-Saxon coolness?
I don't know ... We played the rugby that we love.
Trying to put our big guys in the best conditions so that they can move forward and that afterwards, us three-quarters, we can play offshore.
We took the points when we had to, we went into touchdown when we had to.
We blamed them because they were also slain, in agony.
We play an almost flawless match, almost perfect.
We will say that we played a game in Toulouse and not in Anglo-Saxon.
“Matthis (Lebel) amazes more than one, but he is far from surprising me. Every weekend, every outing, he proves that he is a very good player and that he will become a very great player ”
On a personal level, you have shown great mastery. How do you rate your match?
The team put me in the best conditions.
Up front, they did the job, I repeat.
Behind, there was perfect communication to help me.
It's easier to play next to players like that.
I just have to try to guide them and play the way I can.
The team put me in the best possible conditions so that I can rest easy.
Afterwards, I had to put the points at the foot.
I missed two penalties ... The team played a great game and I got in the team's wheel.
Your friend Matthis Lebel had a great match ...
I am not surprised.
I've been playing with him since we were 11-12, since we were in minors.
It surprises more than one but me, it is far from surprising me.
Every weekend, every outing, he proves that he is a very good player and that he will become a very great player.
He is in the tradition of the great wingers of the Stadium.
He showed us his hook skills again, he scored a try, he scored Antoine (Dupont).
He is in line with his season.
He really brings something to this team, I'm very happy for him.
You will go to Clermont in the quarter-finals. What does this inspire you?
We know them by heart, they also know us.
We will try to study them well on video.
They won't let go until the 80th minute.
It's still going to be an international level match.
We will prepare for.
Hoping to repeat the feat we did in Munster.
But we're going to go there without pressure, playing our rugby and hoping to win there.
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