Biarritz (AFP)

The 3rd line English international center Steffon Armitage, free since June and the end of his contract in Pau, has committed for two seasons with Biarritz, we learned Wednesday with the Basque club, 7th of Pro D2.

Armitage, a 34-year-old former Saracens and London Irish player, made a name for himself during his stay in Toulon (2011-2016), during which this ball scratching specialist won three European Cups and a champion's title. France.

For the past three seasons, he has been playing at the Paloise Section.

Last September, Steffon Armitage was sentenced Monday in France to six months in prison suspended for sexual assault on a young woman at a party watered.

The international English (5 selections) had acknowledged the facts at a hearing of appearance by prior plea of ​​guilty (CRPC) to "plead guilty" to the Criminal Court of Pau, which had validated the proposed sentence, namely six months with suspended sentence and 5,000 euros in damages.

This sentence will not be recorded in his criminal record.

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