The France U18 group has determined to withdraw from the U18 International Series following the tragic occasion earlier this week when certainly one of their gamers, Medhi Narjissi, was swept out to sea throughout a restoration session at Cape Point.
SA Rugby has confirmed via an official statement that the U18 International Series will go forward as deliberate on Monday in Cape Town, however with an amended schedule because of the France group’s comprehensible withdrawal from the annual event.
France knowledgeable organisers of its choice to surrender its participation within the sequence within the wake of the tragic occasion earlier this week when certainly one of their gamers, Narjissi, was swept out to sea throughout a restoration session at Diaz Beach, close to Cape Point.
The French squad returned house on Friday, whereas Narjissi’s household flew to Cape Town whereas the seek for their son continues to be ongoing.
AMENDED FIXTURES AFTER FRANCE WITHDRAWAL: HOW IT WILL WORK
The revised schedule following the withdrawal of France, will see every spherical consisting of two matches which ensures that not one of the remaining travelling groups’ fixtures are affected.
The first spherical kicks off at Stellenberg High School in Cape Town on Monday, with the SA U18 conflict with France cancelled, whereas the SA U18 ‘A’ group’s three matches have been diminished to at least one, towards Georgia.
Georgia, who have been initially scheduled to play the SA U18 ‘A’-side twice and France as soon as, will now face England of their second match on Friday 16 August, and they’ll play Ireland on Tuesday, 20 August on the final of the three match days.
Mark Alexander, president of the SA Rugby, earlier this week despatched a message of condolences to the Narjissi household and the French rugby group following the tragic occasions a number of days in the past.
Revised fixtures for the Under-18 International Series:
Monday, 12 August (Stellenberg HS)
13h30 England vs Ireland
15h30 South Africa ‘A’ vs Georgia
Absent: France
Not taking part in: South Africa
Friday, 16 August (Paarl Gimnasium):
13h30: Georgia vs England
15h30: South Africa vs Ireland
Absent: France
Not taking part in: South Africa ‘A’
Tuesday, 20 August (Paarl Boys’ HS)
13h30 South Africa vs England
15h30 Ireland vs Georgia
Absent: France
Not taking part in: South Africa ‘A’
Source link
