England full-back Mike Brown escapes citing for kicking Ireland’s Conor Murray

• Ireland scrum-half needed stitches in head wound• Joe Schmidt, Ireland’s coach, absolves Brown of blameThe England full-back Mike Brown has escaped being cited for kicking Conor Murray in the Six Nations victory over Ireland.Brown had protested his innocence after making contact with the Ireland scrum-half’s head while trying to kick the ball free during Saturday’s 21-10 win, tweeting: “Video ref clearly showed I didn’t [do anything wrong] and kicked the ball.” The referee Romain Poite judged the contact was accidental, though Murray required stitches for a head wound. The citing commissione…