Steffon Armitage, England international, returns to his training club; Nice stadium. At 36, the captain of Biarritz Olympique, will end his career in his 1st club and help him move up to Pro D2.
It is a homecoming for the child of the country. The Englishman, Steffon Armitage, 36 and current captain of Biarritz Olympique, will play at the Stade Niçois in National next season. At the end of his contract with his Top 14 club, the Englishman who started rugby on the Côte d’Azur before going to Toulon, the London Irish or the Basque shores and being selected 5 times for the England, decided to return to Nice for he said “help Nice to go back to Pro D2. I want to be part of the memory of this club“. A great challenge for the English 3rd line, including brother Delon Armitage, 26 caps for the English team, has also started in the capital of the French Riviera.