Armitage ‘an habitual offender’

England international Delon Armitage has been described as "an habitual offender" with "an appalling disciplinary record" in the written judgement of his latest appearance before rugby union disciplinary chiefs.

The Toulon full-back faced a misconduct complaint brought by European Professional Club Rugby following his team’s European Champions Cup defeat against Leicester at Welford Road earlier this month.

A complaint regarding an on-pitch incident was dismissed by anindependent disciplinary panel, but he was found guilty of misconduct following a post-match episode with fans at the ground, and banned for 12 weeks.