Gloucester fly-half Ryan Lamb has been charged with assault after an incident outside a nightclub, police said today.

Lamb, who has been tipped as a future England star, was arrested after a 22-year-old man from Kent was assaulted outside the Subtone nightclub on The Promenade in Cheltenham between 3am and 3.30am on Sunday.

The victim suffered a cut and swelling to his lip.

A Gloucestershire Police spokeswoman confirmed that Lamb, 22, from Hucclecote, Gloucester, was charged with assault and will appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on March 9.