Delon Armitage back in hot water over 'punch'

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Apr 2011, 20:00 BST
Updated 28th Apr 2011, 23:47 BST
England international Delon Armitage is back in hot water with Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs.

The London Irish full-back missed this season's entire RBS 6 Nations Championship after receiving an eight-week ban for pushing an anti-doping officer and using threatening and/or abusive language during a test following the Exiles' Aviva Premiership game against Bath on 1 January.

Armitage, capped 19 times, has now been cited for striking Northampton fly-half Stephen Myler during a Premiership match between the clubs last weekend. He faces an RFU disciplinary hearing next Tuesday, when any suspension could potentially sideline him for England's appointment with the Barbarians on 29 May and the England Saxons' Churchill Cup campaign in June.

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