Steffon Armitage ready to show what England are missing in Toulon's Heineken Cup clash at Exeter It is as simple as that. Playing with the likes of [Springbok] Joe van Nierkerk and [All Black] Chris Masoe in the back row here in Toulon has improved my game understanding no end. I know what the policy is about players outside of England but all I can do is show that I'm fit, still got ambition and am ready to go out and give it everything I've got. That's why this Saturday's game is such a big deal. It is a massive game for the club and I want to do well for them. That is all I can do. Armitage, 28, was a constant in the Toulon side who swept so much before them en route to winning their first Heineken Cup title last season. They came within a whisker of the double, only to lose to Castres, 19-14, in the Top 14 final at the Stade de France seven days after beating Clermont Auvergne to claim their European crown. Toulon have been maddeningly inconsistent this season, as their 23-0 defeat by Stade Français last weekend indicated. Armitage, one of several rested for that fixture, believes that Toulon will be galvanised by such a humiliating reverse. The club see these back-to-back Heineken Cup fixtures as a great opportunity to kick-start their season. "We do not want people thinking our victory last season was a fluke," said Armitage. We intend to show people that we are here to stay. We won the Heineken Cup for a reason, not because of luck. Now we have to bring all that out again. We do need to improve. We are going through a bad patch and have got to buck our ideas up. But, look, we are not at our best yet we are second equal in the Top 14 and are level with Exeter in our Heineken Cup pool. We are still right up there. So what better way to prove that we are getting back on track than to play well at Exeter? Pool Two is as tight as it gets with all four sides within a point of each other. Toulon looked set fair after a 51-28 victory over Glasgow on the opening weekend only to slip up the following week against Cardiff Blues, who themselves had been ripped asunder by Exeter. The Toulon manager, the fearsome Bernard Laporte, has been cracking the whip in training this week while the controversial club president, Mourad Boudjellal, has lambasted his players for their lily-livered display against Stade Français. "It was all deserved," said Armitage. There is no room for slacking or off days in Toulon, and rightly so. You represent the whole community when you play. We know that everyone wants to smash us this season now that we are European champions but we ought to embrace that. I love it. There is a clear identity here and an urge to succeed. We are not prioritising one competition over another. We want to win everything. These back-to-back Heineken fixtures are make-or-break moments for many teams. Toulon have much to prove, Steffon Armitage also. It promises to be an illuminating afternoon in the West Country.