As he prepares to compete in a new Top 14 final, a year after his exploit against La Rochelle and ten months after his serious knee injury, Romain Ntamack will be able to count on the support of his partner.
These last twelve months have been particularly hectic for Romain Ntamack, who has gone through all the emotions. From the enormous joy of the coronation won against La Rochelle in the Top 14 final after his incredible try scored in the last moments of the match to the distress experienced two months later after his knee injury against Scotland which deprived him of of the World Cup at home.
Surprisingly calm in the face of this stroke of fate, the Toulouse opener was able to count on the support of his loved ones, first and foremost his partner, Lili Lopes. After the announcement of his withdrawal, Emile Ntamack’s son had also reposted on Instagram a photo of himself with the young woman at the Stade de France, accompanied by a caption “Next step” and two hands joined to form a heart. “Your determination, your courage and your strength make me even prouder”she wrote in return.
A woman from Toulouse who works in real estate
And in the process, immense happiness would await the couple: the young woman was in fact pregnant with their first child, whose birth is expected in the coming weeks, which should not prevent the Toulouse woman from being in the spans of the Stade Vélodrome, as it was at the Stade de France last year, for the clash between Stade Toulousain and La Rochelle.
The young woman did not hide her happiness last year after the incredible winning try scored by Romain Ntamack during the Top 14 final against Rochelais. “I’m in tears and I tell him: ‘You see, you’re crying with joy’. In fact, Romain doesn’t usually cry. I’ve never seen him cry, and neither has his mother. He makes fun of me because I often have a few little tears. Several weeks ago, we had a discussion on this subject where I told him: ‘But now, if you win this title, are you still going to cry with happiness?’ And it happened.”she had said.
“He is master of his emotions, he is someone who controls himself. Be careful, he knows how to tell when he’s moved, but it’s just that he’s like that, it’s his personality, she continued. But there, with this end of the match and all his friends throwing themselves on him to congratulate him, he experienced a lot of emotions. When his brother Théo came to throw himself into his arms on the lawn, he broke down even more and cried even more. It was a strong moment.”
Aged 24, Lili Lopes has been sharing Romain Ntamack’s life for several years, as evidenced by the many travel photos she posts on social networks. Passionate about fashion, the Toulouse native works in real estate.
