Leo Cullen marks ref’s card on Steffon Armitage scrum antics

Leo Cullen has made a not-so-subtle bid to bend referee Nigel Owens’ ear ahead of their Pool 5 meeting with Toulon by referencing perceived illegalities on the part of back row poacher extraordinaire Steffon Armitage.

The English openside has crafted a reputation as the most effective poacher in the European game since moving to the south of France and Cullen made particular mention of him after expressing the need for some effective officiating at the scrum.

“We have a very experienced referee this week so we are hoping that we are able to deal with issues like that and hoping we will be able to deal with Armitage… who is borderline on a lot of occasions because as the tackler he doesn’t get clear release at the breakdown,” said Cullen.