England's coaching team is expected to remain intact until after the summer tour of Australia and New Zealand, despite a record of just eight wins from 19 games under Martin Johnson's tenure.
It is understood that a full review by the Rugby Football Union looking at the performance of Johnson, the England manager, and his coaching team of John Wells, Mike Ford, Brian Smith and Graham Rowntree will not take place until July, despite widespread frustration at the team's performance during the Six Nations Championship.
By that time England will have completed a five-match trip to Australia and New Zealand, their longest tour since the excursion to South Africa 10 years ago.
Johnson's position is understood to be safe, while a significant upturn in performance and results for England, who will be taking a massive squad of 44 players on tour, would also be likely to secure the positions of his coaching team until after the World Cup in 2011. If the tour was deemed a failure, however, some changes are expected.
England will play two Tests against Australia, in Perth on June 12 and Sydney on June 19, and three midweek games, two against the Australian Barbarians, on June 8 in Perth and June 15 in Gosford, and the New Zealand Maori on June 23 in Napier.
Armitage's replacement, Ben Foden, scored the only try of the night and made a widely-acclaimed first start for England.
"I was disappointed in myself," Armitage said. "I haven't been playing well. Fair play, Foden has been putting his hand up for a while and he deserved his chance and he took it.
"That is disappointing for me but I am really happy for him because I think it is about time they gave him a shot and he played really well.
"It is just going to make me a stronger player and I want to get back into that England squad. Maybe I was taking it for granted and I wasn't working as hard as I promised myself I would once I had the shirt.
"Now that I am back at London Irish, I know where I need to go to get back into the squad and work on the stuff that wasn't firing during the Six Nations."
Wasps lock Simon Shaw is expected to be out of action for three weeks after damaging his right shoulder during the first half in Paris.
Shaw has injured his A/C joint, the same injury he sustained in his left shoulder during the match against Ireland, which forced him to miss the Calcutta Cup game in Edinburgh.
Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy, 31, is likely to finish his career at Leicester after agreeing in principle to a new three-year contract.
Leinster are hopeful that their centres Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy, who were both injured in Ireland's 23-20 defeat by Scotland, will be available for their Heineken Cup quarter-final against Clermont Auvergne on April 9. O'Driscoll has a knee problem, while D'Arcy injured his groin.
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