Six Nations star accused of revenge mission following 'deplorable' incident

Romain Ntamack was shown a reddish paper for a unsafe tackle connected Wales' Ben Thomas during France's opening nighttime triumph successful the Six Nations for a situation helium didn't request to make

Romain Ntamack has been accused of going into concern for himself with his "revenge mission" connected Wales' Ben Thomas.

France's near-perfect show successful the Six Nations opener successful Paris connected Friday nighttime arsenic they thrashed Wales was marred by a tackle that could person important repercussions. Ntamack, making his archetypal planetary quality since 2023, shone astatine fly-half alongside the exceptional Antoine Dupont - until the 70th infinitesimal tackle that saw him dismissed.

The Stade de France assemblage saw replays confirming the unsafe quality of the tackle, starring referee Paul Williams to contented a yellowish card, which was past escalated to a reddish by the Foul Play Review Officer utilizing the bunker system.

Ntamack looked distraught connected the seat arsenic the crippled concluded, present faces a imaginable ban.

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions skipper Sam Warburton slammed Ntamack for showing a "complete deficiency of composure" arsenic helium smashed Thomas - having been connected the receiving extremity of an earlier, ineligible tackle, from the Welsh half-back, aft an earlier tackle near Ntamack floored by the Welsh half-back's ineligible hit.

Sharing his insights connected BBC Sport, Warburton said: "That deficiency of affectional power has truly outgo France for their rubric oregon imaginable Grand Slam chances."

Post-match, France's caput manager Fabien Galthié admitted afterwards that helium is already readying to beryllium without Ntamack adjacent week: "Our relation volition so beryllium to find solutions successful a peculiar context, successful lawsuit helium is suspended for Saturday."

Yet, Galthié did look to instrumentality a softer stance erstwhile discussing Ntamack's action, observing: "Afterwards, what we consciousness erstwhile we spot the images is that helium is amazed by the alteration of absorption of the opposing fig 10. He thinks helium is going to spell to the left, and helium chases with his foot. I person the feeling that Romain does not prosecute successful the collision. It is much a information of play that surprises him.

"But determination is interaction to the head, we hold with the sanction. Afterwards, we volition person arguments to support him. He is simply a subordinate who has a cleanable record, and it is an enactment that is not similar him."

Ntamack volition larn this week if helium faces a prohibition and, if so, its duration.