Former All Blacks halfbacks Byron Kelleher and Justin Marshall escaped penalties after being found not guilty of foul play when they appeared before the European judiciary process.

But Sale's New Zealand lock Kristian Ormsby will miss the Heineken Cup match against Munster on Sunday after being found guilty of a "dangerous charge" against Clermont Auvergne's Julien Pierre.

Ormsby was banned for one week after an independent disciplinary committee ruled overnight that his offence was "of the low end in the level of seriousness."

Ormsby's team-mate Rudi Keil escaped punishment for a dangerous tackle on Benioit Baby in the same when the three-man panel ecided that while the centre was guilty of foul play, his offence did not warrant a red card.

Montpellier's Justin Marshall's was found not guilty of foul play for an alleged dangerous tackle on Bristol wing Tom Arscott during the French side's European Challenge Cup win.

And the committee dismissed Toulouse's Kelleher's citing for allegedly stamping on Bath's fly-half Butch James in Toulouse's 18-16 win after finding him not guilty of foul play.