Touched by the loss of the young hopeful, the third row and his teammates from Stade Toulousain have promised a vibrant tribute before Toulouse-La Rochelle on Sunday.
This Sunday, a cathedral silence will precede the clash between Toulouse and La Rochelle. Before the kick-off of the big game of the second day of the Top 14, Stade Toulousain will pay a vibrant tribute to the young Medhi Narjissi, the club’s great hope who disappeared at sea last July, but also to Joe Tekori’s wife, who died suddenly at the beginning of the summer.
«It’s been a while since these people left. It’s been really hard to move forward during the offseason knowing that.“, François Cros was moved at a press conference this Friday. ” It’s important to have this first match at home to pay tribute to them.”continued the international third row according to comments reported from Toulouse by The Dispatch .
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As was the case on all the pitches in France last weekend, the date of the resumption of the national championships, the 17-year-old will therefore be honored at Ernest-Wallon, alongside the wife of the former player, now coach of the Espoirs. And these tributes will necessarily be worth an extra boost for the locals, winners at the opening of the season on the ground of the promoted Vannetais.This adds importance to the outcome of the match and the intensity that we must put at the start of the match in honour of these two people.” promises the Toulouse flanker.
