No further punishment for Porter following citing

Andrew Porter will face no further punishment a high tackle during the Ireland's 32-22 victory over New Zealand in Wellington at the weekend.

Porter was shown a yellow-card by referee Wayne Barnes following a challenge on All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick.

Retallick suffered a fractured cheekbone because of the tackle and is expected to be sidelined until the start of September.

Match citing commissioner James Sherriff reported Porter but after a disciplinary hearing was held via video link, it was decided that the on field decision was the correct one and the Irishman will face no further punishment.

A statement from World Rugby confirmed the decision and read: "The player admitted that he committed an act of foul play but maintained that the red card threshold had not been met and that the yellow card issued at the time by the match officials was correct in the circumstances.

"Having considered all the evidence, the independent committee applied World Rugby's Head Contact Process and agreed with the match officials’ on-field decision that the player’s act of foul play for a breach of Law 9.13 did not meet the red card threshold due to the absorbing nature of the tackle.

"On that basis, the independent committee deemed the act of foul play did not merit further sanction, and the citing complaint was dismissed."