The 17-year-old was swept away by a wave while swimming with teammates at the Cape of Good Hope.
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The young player is still missing. After the announcement on Wednesday by the French Rugby Federation of the disappearance of Medhi Narjissi, 17, swept away by a wave in South Africa, his club, Stade Toulousain, announced on Thursday August 8 in a very short press release that his family is going to the scene and that a psychological unit is being set up for his teammates and supervisors, France Bleu Occitanie has learned.Stade Toulousain learned yesterday with emotion of the disappearance at sea of Medhi Narjissi, traveling in South Africa with the French U18 team.“, begins the short press release from his club.
The Toulouse stadium “collaborates with the French Rugby Federation and SA Rugby to allow the family to go there and discusses with them the ongoing research and the reception needs on site“.
The club’s medical center has also set up a support and psychological support unit for the players and supervisors who work alongside Medhi Narjissi. The player was on tour in South Africa with the French under-18 team. He disappeared at sea, on the sidelines of an international tournament on Wednesday, around 4 p.m., “swept away by a wave as he and his teammates were leaving a seaside swim at the Cape of Good Hope“, explained the FFR in a press release. The search is continuing.
Medhi Narjissi is the son of Jalil Narjissi, a former professional hooker at Agen and Castres, recalls France Bleu Occitanie. Medhi, trained at Agen, arrived in Toulouse in 2022. After going through the cadets, he regularly plays as a scrum-half with the Crabos (16-18 years old), who lost the final this season against Brive.
