He was once part of a midfield trio with Owen Farrell and George Ford and is one of four rugby-playing brothers.
But Toulouse Olympique’s Guy Armitage is now very much his own man. The strong-running centre, 30, plays in the historic first French Super League derby next week when the newcomers visit Catalans. He couldn’t have envisaged that 10 years ago when he last moved to the south of France to join Toulon’s star-studded rugby union team.
Armitage trained with legends Jonny Wilkinson, Matt Giteau and Joe van Niekerk as well as his older brothers - England stars Steffon and Delon Armitage - after agreeing a three-year deal. But he never played a single game and headed home to London Irish less than six months later. Having already represented an England Under 20s side littered with future global stars like Farrell, Ford, Elliot Daly and Mako Vunipola, Armitage also had spells with Wasps and London Welsh.
