Henry Arundell is free to face Ireland on Saturday after escaping a ban for being sent off in England’s Guinness Six Nations defeat by Scotland.
Arundell was shown two yellow cards in the first half of the 31-20 loss at Murrayfield in round two, with the second resulting in a 20-minute red card, thereby triggering a citing.
However, a disciplinary hearing held on Tuesday decided that the “sending off of the player had been a sufficient sanction and no further sanction was appropriate.”
Arundell was initially penalised for a breakdown offence and was then given his marching orders for taking Scotland wing Kyle Steyn out in the air shortly before half-time.
At the hearing, the 23-year-old wing accepted he had committed acts of foul play for both yellow cards and the committee upheld the subsequent red.
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It was then decided that because of the circumstances, which included the “first yellow card had been issued for a ‘technical offence’ and that the second yellow card had been issued for a very different act of foul play,” he should receive no further punishment.
Arundell has scored four tries in his two starts in this Six Nations, including a hat-trick in the opener against Wales, but is fighting for his place in the team following his disciplinary lapses in Edinburgh.
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