The Exeter coach has been given a formal warning for his behaviour towards match official Charlie Gayther, the referee who found himself at the centre of the fracas.
Cleall, meanwhile, will not face any disciplinary action, and is free to play at the earliest opportunity.
Due to the nature of the off-pitch incident – which differs from the standard procedure followed for an in-match citing – no written statements about the half-time bust-up have been published.
Telegraph Sport understands that the investigation found the head contact was incidental and involved little force from either party, and that if Salvin had obeyed the instructions of the match officials to stay on his team’s side of the tunnel the contact would not have taken place.
An RFU spokesperson said: “The investigation into an incident that occurred at half-time in the Allianz Premier 15s semi-final match between Exeter and Saracens on Sunday 11th June at Sandy Park, Exeter has concluded.
“There will be no action against Saracens player, Poppy Cleall, however, Exeter Chiefs coach, Steve Salvin, has been given a formal warning for his behaviour towards the match officials. No further disciplinary action will be taken.”
In the hours after the incident, Cleall appeared to respond to the allegation in a bizarre Twitter back-and-forth, in which she suggested there was more to the incident in a cryptic message, writing: “I will be taking this matter further, don’t worry. Very very very often you get behaviour like today. Will hear about it soon.”
Exeter, who staged a fine second-half comeback to topple Saracens 24-21, will meet Gloucester-Hartpury in the Premier 15s final this weekend at Kingsholm – which has aptly been renamed ‘Queensholm’ for the day – with both teams vying for their first league title.
On Thursday, Gloucester announced their women’s players would donate their match fees from the final to the #4 Ed campaign, the charity set up by former Cherry and Whites lock Ed Slater following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease last year.
