South Africa: A young French U18 rugby player is presumed drowned off Cape Point coastline

A member of the French U18 rugby team, on tour in South Africa, has not been found after he was swept away in a strong rip current during a water recovery session on 7 August.

Seventeen year-old Medhi Narjissi was swept out to sea during a water recovery session at Diaz Beach, Cape Point, on Wednesday. 

The young player was a member of the French U18 team, which is in South Africa to contest a tournament with the hosts, England, Ireland and Georgia. Narjissi was on an outing with the…