Summary
IT takes a certain type of person to leave the North East and make it big in France. Former Newcastle United and England footballer Chris Waddle did it, playing over a century of games for Marseille where he is still revered as a folk hero, and Lyon's Christian Short is making a fair old fist of his Gallic stint after crossing the channel four seasons ago. The experience certainly appears to be leaving its mark on him.
"Oui, bonjour," is how he answers his telephone, explaining that he is in the middle of his lunch and will have time to chat afterwards.See the full content of this document
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Comeback
Lunch is big in France and, so it would seem, is Short. Six foot and seven inches to be exact, with the flame-haired line-out target winding his way to the country's second city after two seasons at Top 14 rivals Brive.
It is all a long way from Newlands Preparatory School in Gosforth, where the lock-forward spent his early years before moving on to Hexham's Queen Eliz...See the full content of this document
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