London Irish and England international Delon Armitage has been hit with his fourth suspension of 2011 for a dangerous tackle on Tom Biggs in the Aviva Premiership last month.
The incident happened during Irish's 12-13 defeat on October 29. The 27-year-old has been banned for five weeks by the RFU.
He was also suspended for eight weeks in January for pushing and verbally abusing an anti-doping official in a game on New Year's Day, and was then banned for another three weeks for punching Northampton's Stephen Myler in April.
In addition, Armitage was excluded for England's World Cup quarter-final against France following another dangerous tackle.
The back will next be available to play on December 9.
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Pascal Lemesre
Pascal Lemesre
