Guy Richie Armitage (born 29 November 1991) is a

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English rugby footballer who plays rugby league for

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in the

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. He previously played for the London Broncos.

Background

Armitage was born in

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Rugby union

Armitage played at Brixham and earned a scholarship to

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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

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and Steffon. He then spent time on loan at

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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

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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

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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 The Catalans Dragons (French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from outs ...

. 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

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 profile
at 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