JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Arguably the most wonderfully and frustratingly French of French fly-halves, Lionel Beauxis, confirmed he will call time on his 19-year professional career at the end of this season on Friday.
“It’s time to hang up the boots and let the youngsters take over,” the 36-year-old said after ProD2 outfit Beziers, his current side and the seventh of his career, lost at home to relegation-threatened Bourg-en- Bresse. “This famous one season too many, it’s true that’s a little in the head. Lately there are a lot of s...