Steffon Armitage's hopes of making England squad for 2015 Rugby World Cup left in tatters

Steffon Armitage’s faint hopes of earning an England
call-up for the Rugby World Cup next year appear to have been dashed after
the Rugby Football Union insisted that its rules regarding selecting
foreign-based players would not be relaxed.




Armitage won the last of his five England caps in 2010, and it emerged during
the summer that the Toulon back-rower is exploring the option of qualifying
for France through an eligibility loophole created by the Sevens competition
at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.




He is seeking to acquire a French passport, which would be the first…