Vodacom Western Province flanker Schalk Burger from Western Province was cleared on technical grounds after facing a disciplinary hearing in Cape Town yesterday.

Burger was cited after being ordered from the field following two yellow card incidents in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup match against Free State in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Committee chairman Willem Gaum ruled that a player could not be cited for an incident after having been ordered from the field in such circumstances.

Due to this technicality the chairman ruled that Burger had no case to answer.

Burger is thus free to face the Valke in Saturday’s Currie Cup clash.