“The Federation [française de rugby, FRR] should have refused the invitation for this tournament, it is a shame. They dare to come back there with the same age category, as if they had just lost a ball last year. “Scandalized by this” lack of respect “for his son Medhi, carried away by a wave of the Atlantic Ocean when he had honored his first selection the day before with the French U18 team against a South African university, Jalil Narjissi never ceases to add anger to his inexpressible pain.
The former hooker of the SU Agen (2004-2016), who no longer wants to hear about rugby, does not understand how the FFR was able to accept the invitation for the International Series again after such a drama. He asked that Medhi, captain of the Gaudermen cadets from the Sua Champions of France at the Stade de France in 2022, had his statue in Marcourssis, where the French teams are prepared, so that we do not forget. Flocked “in Medhi” jerseys for each player seem to him derisory.
A tribute to Dias Beach
Leaving two days before the Narjissi family, the U18s will play three games on fields of schools less than an hour’s drive, northeast of the CAP: two against South Africa, this Friday August 8 (3:30 p.m.) in Durbanville High School and Saturday August 16 (11:30 a.m.) in Paarl Gimnasium, and against England, Tuesday August 12 (3:30 p.m.) in Boland Landbou. A minute of applause will precede each meeting, as at the beginning of last season on all terrains in France.
The Federation had proposed a symbolic discount of the jersey to the family, this Friday, August 8, for the first match against the Baby Boks. Jalil Narjissi refused. As he did not accept the proposal to take charge of his trip, funded by the kitty launched by the Stade Toulousain. This Saturday, August 9, the president of the FFR Florian Grill, who had not moved to CAP last year, will go with the U18 on the beach of Dias Beach for a tribute. The Narjissi family will already be on the plane to return to Agen.
This time, the FFR privatized a hotel in Stellenbock to keep journalists away.