The disappearance of France Underneath-18 worldwide Medhi Narjissi was partly brought on by a poorly organised restoration session, an investigation by the nation’s rugby federation has concluded.
Narjissi, 17, was swept away whereas participating in a session organised by the staff’s administration within the sea off Cape City in South Africa in August.
The FFR stated that warning indicators on the seaside had been ignored or missed and that the supervision of the session was “poorly managed”.
“The choice to organise a restoration session within the water on Dias Seashore was taken with out contemplating the dangerousness of the positioning, particularly rip currents, waves and rocks,” the FFR stated.
It says it’s exploring the potential for taking motion in opposition to the officers in command of the France Underneath-18 staff on the time.
The FFR interviewed all of the workers current on the session and a number of the gamers concerned.
Narjissi, who had lately signed for Prime 14 champions Toulouse and is the son of former Morocco males’s captain Jalil Narjissi, was participating in a five-team event additionally involving South Africa, England, Eire and Georgia.
Jalil Narjissi has criticised the workers who organised the session.
“It is not an accident, it was induced,” he stated.
“A bus accident, a airplane crash, or if Medhi will get harm and turns into paraplegic, we’re all sorry, dejected. However not this, not one thing like that.
“They performed with the lives of our kids.”
The FFR says it has made all the knowledge it has gathered obtainable to Narjissi’s dad and mom and despatched its report back to the French Ministry of Sport.
