Thursday 21 December 2017 06:53, UK
The citing complaint against Leicester and England centre Manu Tuilagi has been dismissed by an independent disciplinary hearing.
Tuilagi appeared at a disciplinary hearing in London on Wednesday, one of a number of players cited from the fourth set of European fixtures last weekend.
The 26-year-old was playing his first game in more than three months against Munster on Sunday, having recovered from a long-term knee injury.
He was cited over a 49th-minute tackle on Chris Cloete where he appeared to make contact with the flanker's head.
But a European Rugby Cup statement read: "It was found that Tuilagi had committed a reckless act of foul play in that his shoulder had made contact with Cloete's head, but the committee was not satisfied that the offence warranted a red card,"
Leinster prop Cian Healy was handed a three-week suspension after pleading guilty to charging into a ruck in the Irish province's Champions Cup win over Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
The Ireland loosehead was shown a yellow card by referee Pascal Gauzere after his forearm connected with the head of Luke Cowan-Dickie and the committee upheld the citing complaint at a disciplinary hearing after determining that the offence warranted a red card.
The offence was deemed at the low end of World Rugby's sanctions and an entry point of two weeks was handed down with a further week added due to Healy's poor recent disciplinary record.
Chiefs second-row Mitch Lees had a citing for charging into a ruck dismissed after pleading not guilty.
Racing 92 full-back Juan Imhoff has been suspended for five weeks after pleading guilty to headbutting Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott during their Champions Cup clash.
Imhoff was sent off by referee Wayne Barnes in the second half and, after upholding that decision, the committee reduced an automatic 10-week suspension due to the player's guilty plea and clear disciplinary record.
Exeter Chiefs second row Mitch Lees had a citing dismissed after pleading not guilty of charging into a ruck and striking Leinster prop Cian Healy's head with his own head during Saturday's Champions Cup defeat in Dublin.
The committee ruled Lees had committed a foul, but found the offence did not warrant a red card.
