All Blacks lock Barrett free to play after red card against Springboks

FREE TO PLAY: New Zealand's Scott Barrett leaves the game with a red card. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

New Zealand lock Scott Barrett was cleared to play on Monday after a hearing into his automatic sending off against South Africa in a Rugby World Cup warmup.

A judiciary deemed the red card last Friday at Twickenham as sufficient punishment.