Mark Cueto today launched a vehement defence of England’s off-field conduct and insisted there are no more skeletons in the closet.

Delon Armitage has been banned from England’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France.

Delon Armitage will start on the left wing for England in place of Mark Cueto in Saturday’s decisive Rugby World Cup Pool B showdown with Scotland.

England 67 Romania 3

HT England 34 Romania 3

Mark Cueto is a doubt for England’s opening Rugby World Cup match against Argentina in Dunedin on Saturday.

Ireland 9 England 20

Ireland 9 England 13

A Cuban cigar roller has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest stogie.

NEWCASTLE have been handed a one-year ban from European competition, suspended for five years, and fined €25,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of misconduct at a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing in Dublin yesterday.

Northampton forward Christian Day claimed he was not “gouged” by England wing Mark Cueto in written statements to Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs, it has emerged.

Mark Cueto will be available for England’s Rugby World Cup campaign – and the summer warm-up internationals – after he received a nine-week ban for gouging.

England wing Mark Cueto has been banned by his club Sale Sharks for six weeks.

England winger Mark Cueto faces the prospect of a lengthy ban after he was today cited by the Rugby Football Union for “making contact with the eye or eye area” of Northampton’s Christian Day during Sale’s Aviva Premiership match on April 2.

England stood on the brink of completing their first Grand Slam since 2003, with Ireland the final obstacle between themselves and European rugby’s most treasured prize.

GORDON D’ARCY has vowed he won’t be beaten in a one-on-one defensive scenario for the remainder of his rugby career, as he consigns the painful memories of the French defeat to the past.

Stand-in captain Nick Easter warned England will have to produce their best ever performance if they are to win the Grand Slam against Ireland tomorrow.

Mark Cueto will be proud to collect his 50th England cap at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday – but what he really wants is a Grand Slam winners’ medal.

JONNY WILKINSON andRonan O’Gara have a lot incommon, having been the mainstays of their respective national sides for the last decade before finding themselves under threat of being consigned to history by younger, more extrovert fly-halves.

IF ENGLAND wanted to dampen expectations that they will claim their first Grand Slam in eight years in Dublin next weekend then they did rather a good job of it at Twickenham yesterday.

KEITH EARLS is looking for the world class performance he believes Ireland are capable of in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations joust with Scotland at Murrayfield.

Mark Cueto has warned Chris Ashton he must be prepared for life as a marked man - starting in England’s crunch showdown with RBS 6 Nations title rivals France.

England 59 Italy 13

England 26 Samoa 13

England wing Mark Cueto has been cleared to play in Saturday’s second Test against Australia after being found not guilty of a dangerous tackle on Wallaby centre Berrick Barnes.

England wing Mark Cueto has been cited for an alleged dangerous tackle on Australia centre Berrick Barnes five minutes into today’s 27-17 defeat in Perth.

Australia 27 England 17

MARTIN JOHNSON admitted England must become smarter after suffering a second-half collapse in yesterday’s 35-26 victory over the Barbarians.

England 35 Barbarians 26

IF Martin Johnson needed any reassurance the anguish of developing a new England team can ultimately be worth it, he need only listen to Marc Lievremont.

France 12 England 10

AN emotional Dan Parks has revealed how he and his Scotland team-mates were moved to tears as a stricken Thom Evans gave them a pre-match pep talk ahead of their Calcutta Cup draw with England.

Scotland 15 England 15

Mark Cueto has become the latest England player to be struck down with a stomach bug.

MARTIN JOHNSON will keep faith with Jonny Wilkinson when he names his England team at noon today to face Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday.

MARK CUETO is convinced England are in the perfect position to beat Ireland on Saturday and take agiant step towards a first RBS SixNations title in eight years.

ANDY POWELL’s involvement in the RBS Six Nations is effectively over after Wales reacted to his charge for drink driving by dropping him from their squad.

Italy 12 England 17

MARTIN JOHNSON hailed England’s 30-17 Six Nations victory over Wales as a major step forward in the development of his team.

SALE director of rugby Kingsley Jones felt poor discipline had cost his side victory against Toulouse at Edgeley Park.

Harlequins 19 Sale 29