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Delon Armitage will hope to draw a line under a tumultuous few months when he starts for England in their opening World Cup match against Argentina tomorrow. The London Irish full-back feared his chances of taking part in New Zealand were over after he was banned from England's Six Nations title campaign for abusing an anti- doping official. Armitage later made things worse for himself when he was suspended again for punching Stephen Myler, the Northampton fly-half.
That will all be far from his mind, though, when the 27-year-old lines up against the South Americans in Dunedin's new glass-roofed stadium. In doing so, Armitage will achieve a target he set eight years ago, as he watched England win the 2003 World Cup.See the full content of this document
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