England wing Arundell free to play against Ireland

England wing Henry Arundell is available for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Ireland at Twickenham after his red card last weekend.

The 23-year-old had a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday after he was shown two yellow cards in the 31-20 Six Nations defeat by Scotland.

Arundell was sin-binned for not releasing his opponent early on in the match and then received a second yellow for taking out Kyle Steyn in the air.

The Bath wing received an automatic 20-minute red card that meant his team-mates played with 14 men for a total of 30 minutes.

The hearing found that “no further sanction was appropriate”.

A statement said: “The player accepted that he had committed the acts of foul play that resulted in the showing of the two yellow cards.

“In the circumstances (including that 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), [it was decided that] the sending off of the player had been a sufficient sanction.”

Arundell has scored four tries in two games – a hat-trick against Wales and England’s opening try at Murrayfield.

His place could still be taken by Tommy Freeman or Elliot Daly when the side is announced later on Tuesday.