Medhi Narjissi’s disappearance: “There was no one there, just Stade Toulousain…” Shocking statement from the father of the missing young player

He is still a distraught father, expressing his incomprehensible sadness but also his anger. The daily newspaper on Wednesday, September 18 Set It features a lengthy interview with Jalil Narjissi, father of Medhi, who was tragically lost at sea while on tour of South Africa with the French Under-18 XV. Medhi was 17 years old and a promising player from the Stade Toulousain training centre.

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Jalil Narjissi, together with his wife Valérie, has filed a complaint in Agen, taking legal action. To find out. To find the culprits. Among them is probably the French Rugby Federation. An institution that the emblematic former SUA prostitute feels deep anger towards. “Of course I blame them. I hear their excuses, but contrary to what some leaders say, nothing has been done right,” he tells our colleagues. “My son’s disappearance is necessary to restore order and rules, but it is also us who are worn out, devastated and can no longer sleep. I would speak differently to the leaders of the Federation. They have done nothing but provide the plane tickets (for the Narjissi family’s travel) for support (FFR president, Editor’s note), they will have to take responsibility like the others.”

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Jalil Narjissi also thanked Stade Toulousain on this occasion. “Stade Toulousain was there before, during and after, really like a family. The Federation, even with apologies, was not there until it reappeared twenty-one days later. We had returned from South Africa but in Blagnac, only Stade Toulousain was there no one from the Federation.”

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On Sunday, September 15, before the start of the match between the “rouge et noir” and La Rochelle, a memorial service was held for Medhi Narjissi, where his family, former teammates and educators gathered in front of 19,000 spectators. “This memorial showed us once again that Medhi brings joy to people. We felt that he was with us,” says Jalil Narjissi through tears. “We could not stay in the match. It was very difficult. We came back. I thank the Stade Toulousain for this memorial. Unfortunately, reality returns quickly. The emptiness, the absence.”