France onslaught leaves England licking their wounds in Six Nations opener

• France 24-17 England• Hosts race into 17-0 half-time lead before May leads fightbackWhen Eddie Jones talked recently about England looking to become the greatest team the world has ever seen, this was not the start point he was envisaging. The World Cup finalists were about as irresistibly brutal as a damp paper bag for the first hour of a wet Sunday afternoon in Paris and were joyfully ripped apart by a French team not so much revitalised as reborn.What a difference three months make. Or maybe not. England finished a distant second to South Africa in Yokohama and here was another savage dis…