NEW France coach Laurent Blanc has laid down the law to the senior players behind the strike action at the World Cup and will meet with them in the next few days to determine their international futures.

Paul McCartney churned out a song list laden with Beatles tunes before a pumped-up crowd at a free concert as part of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations.

Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists “to smoke the pipes of peace” over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city’s 400th anniversary.