Matt Duffie cleared

Matt Duffie cleared for Blues

Blues wing Matt Duffie has escaped a suspension after the first red card of his Super Rugby career.

The 26-year-old rugby league convert was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the Blue's 30-22 loss to the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.

Duffie's first yellow came for repeated team infringing - four successive penalties early in the match. His second for diving on a player on the ground. 

A Sanzaar judicial committee has upheld the red card but said it did not warrant further punishment.