Guy Richie Armitage (born 29 November 1991) is a
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English rugby footballer who plays rugby league for
Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship.
The ...
in the
Betfred Super League
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. He previously played for the
London Broncos.
Background
Armitage was born in
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
,
London
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,
England
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.
Rugby union
Armitage played at
Brixham and earned a scholarship to
Wellington College Wellington College may refer to:
*Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
** Wellington College International Shanghai
** Wellington College International Tianjin
* Wellington College, Wellington, Ne ...
before joining the
London Irish
London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While ...
Academy.
He made his debut against
Sale Sharks on 5 November 2010 becoming the third Armitage brother to play for the club after
Delon
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and
Steffon. He then spent time on loan at
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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sides
London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seaso ...
and
London Scottish during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, making a total of six appearances and scoring one try.
He also made eight appearances for Welsh during 2011–12 but decided to join French side
Toulon
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at the end of the season. Less than six months after leaving, he returned to London Irish on loan for the rest of the season having not made any appearances in France. He played 21 times upon his return and in February 2013 re-signed with the club until 2015. Before returning to London Welsh in 2015. It was announced on 15 March 2016 that Armitage will join
Premiership side
Wasps
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next season.
Rugby league
London Broncos
Armitage signed with the
London Broncos in August 2019 following a successful trial with the club. He made his Super League debut in round 26 of the
2019 Super League season vs
Catalans Dragons
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. In September 2020 it was announced that Armitage had signed for new Canadian club
Ottawa Aces for their inaugural season in the RFL pyramid in 2021.
Toulouse Olympique
On 9 Mar 2021 it was reported that he had signed for
Toulouse Olympique
Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship.
The ...
in the
RFL Championship on loan. After a three week trial he was signed on for the 2021 season. He made a try scoring debut against Sheffield Eagles on 27 June and scored two tries on his only other appearance of the season at Bradford. On 21 October 2021 Toulouse announced that Armitage had signed a new one year contract and would be part of the squad for 2022, their first season in Super League.
International career
Armitage has represented England Rugby Union at every age group and made four appearances for the
under-20s in 2011.
References
External links
London Broncos profileGuy Armitage profileat London Irish
SL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Armitage, Guy
1991 births
Living people
category:Doncaster R.L.F.C. players
English sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
English rugby league players
English rugby union players
London Broncos players
London Irish players
London Scottish F.C. players
London Skolars players
London Welsh RFC players
People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
People from Westminster
RC Toulonnais players
Rugby league players from London
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from Westminster
Toulouse Olympique players
Wasps RFC players