Toulon number 8, Steffon Armitage has been named as the ERC European Player of the Year for 2014.

The powerful back-row forward was the Man of the Match during Saturday's final in Cardiff as the French giants retained their European title with a superb performance against Saracens.

Armitage beat off competition from his team-mate Jonny Wilkinson as well as the Saracens trio of Chris Ashton, Schalk Brits and Jacques Burger.