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Toulouse plan January tribute in South Africa for Medhi Narjissi
By Liam Heagney
Double winners Toulouse are planning to visit Dias beach where club apprentice Medhi Narjissi was tragically lost to the sea last August.
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The defending Top 14/Champions Cup champions are poised to play a January match away to the Sharks in Durban and they will use that trip as an opportunity to also visit the beach near Cape of Good Hope to pay tribute to Narjissi.
The teenage out-half had travelled to South Africa as part of the France U18 international squad but was swept out of sea during a recovery session in the water on the beach. With his body still missing, an involuntary manslaughter investigation has been opened by the Agen prosecutor’s office.
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In the meantime, Toulouse, who began their Champions Cup title defence with a 61-21 hammering of Ulster on Sunday, are due to play at the Sharks on January 11 and they are planning to visit Dias beach before that match.
Speaking to Sud Radio about their round three trip to South Africa, Toulouse president Didier Lacroix said: “We plan to stay the whole week in South Africa. This will allow us to pay tribute to a country that touched us and that touched one of us last summer. We will go and spend some time there.”
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