Martin Johnson will wait until the end of next month before naming replacements for Riki Flutey and Delon Armitage, both of whom have been ruled out of England's autumn internationals by shoulder injuries... more
Rugby union: Delon Armitage warned England will need to be "10 times better and 10 times more physical" if they are to complete a Test series victory over Argentina... more
Rugby union: Delon Armitage will discover today if he has fought off a late challenge from Scotland's Chris Paterson to win a place on the Lions tour of South Africa... more
Rugby union: England's Delon Armitage could win a late call-up for the Lions after Leigh Halfpenny was ruled out of the first two weeks of the tour... more
Rugby union: Delon Armitage has issued a defiant "we'll be back" message after coming desperately close to denying Leicester the Guinness Premiership title at Twickenham... more
Rugby union exclusive: Delon Armitage has faced a hectic week, featuring the arrival of baby daughter Chloe, qualification for tomorrow's Guinness Premiership Final and speculation over a late Lions call-up... more
Rugby union: Ugo Monye is happy to spearhead Harlequins' bid to defeat London Irish and reach the Guinness Premiership final, despite the ever-present threat of injury ending his participation in this summer's Lions tour... more
Rugby union: Delon Armitage has vowed to put the bitter disappointment of failing to make the Lions squad to the back of his mind and help London Irish into the Guinness Premiership play-offs with victory over Worcester... more
Rugby union: Delon Armitage, left out of the Lions tour to South Africa, and brother Steffon have both been nominated in this year’s Professional Rugby Players’ Association awards... more
Rugby union: England provided the spine of the British and Irish Lions test team that defeated world champions South Africa in 1997 but it won't be the same this summer... more
Rugby union: Team manager Martin Johnson has blasted the penalty count caused by his team’s collective failure to have faith in each other’s defensive abilities... more
England team manager Martin Johnson has been given some much needed good news with confirmation that exciting fullback Delon Armitage will be available for the Six Nations... more
Having confirmed his arrival as England's new full-back, Delon Armitage must now convince London Irish to let him play in that position to keep his place in the national squad... more
Martin Johnson launches a new beginning for English rugby by naming a team packed with exciting young players made up predominately from London's four Premiership clubs... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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