Ryan Wilson cleared to play for Scotland after citing is not upheld
Scotland forward Ryan Wilson has been cleared of making contact with the eye area of England's Nathan Hughes during his team's Calcutta Cup triumph on Saturday.
The Scottish Rugby Union revealed the Glasgow captain was free to play in Scotland's final two Six Nations matches against Ireland and Italy after a citing for alleged foul play was dismissed at a disciplinary hearing in London.
Television cameras caught the back rows clashing off the ball with Wilson, who was pinned to the floor, raking his right hand across the side of Hughes' face. Wilson would have faced a minimum four-week ban if the panel had found him guilty.
Despite ruling that the back-rower had committed an act of foul play by making contact with the face of Hughes, a disciplinary committee accepted medical evidence that the player has a pre-existing condition that causes two of his fingers to be involuntarily bent and although the contact had been reckless, it was unintentional as a result of attempts to grab his opponent's shirt.
It provides a further boost for Gregor Townsend's squad as they prepare to take on Ireland in Dublin next week after they also escaped punishment for the tunnel fracas that took place prior to Saturday's match.