Steffon Armitage joins Nick Abendanon in labelling England’s World Cup players ‘pathetic’

• Toulon No8 hurt by opposition to picking overseas players• ‘To hear them say we’d be a distraction if selected was insulting’Steffon Armitage has joined Nick Abendanon in calling England’s players “pathetic” for, in their view, backing the Rugby Football Union’s policy of not picking overseas players for the World Cup.Abendanon had said on Monday night: “To hear some players say: ‘Ah we shouldn’t pick international players because it will unsettle the squad’, I mean that to me is pathetic. That should be something that would motivate you even more to want to keep your place.” Continue readin…