French fire the first shots in renewal of Hundred Years War

FRANCE are evoking folk memories of the Hundred Years War as they prepare for tomorrow’s Six Nations championship opener against England at Twickenham.

The warning shots were fired by team manager Jo Maso, better known for his slick passing and lightning sidesteps in the 1970s than his martial spirit.

“French people and English people don’t like each other. It’s a lasting fact since the Hundred Years War, since Joan of Arc,” he said. “Rugby union is a fighting game. Our sport allows people to fight on a pitch the wars they cannot fight any more on battlefields.”