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Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona has been cleared of any indiscretion after appearing to plant his elbow in the face of Wayde Egan.

The NRL has defended its decision to not charge Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona, claiming his contact with the head of Warriors hooker Wayde Egan was "incidental".

Asofa-Solomona's name was not listed on the match review committee's charge sheet on Saturday, despite vision appearing to show the prop planting his elbow into Egan's face on Friday.

At the time the New Zealand international was placed on report by referee Peter Gough.

Egan was taken off for a HIA and was seen clutching his jaw.

But the NRL said it did not believe there was any malice, clearing Asofa-Solomona to play in the Storm's round 21 clash with Gold Coast.

"There was clear separation between Nelson Asofa-Solomona's arm and the head of Wayde Egan as the players went to the ground," said NRL match review coordinator Luke Patten.

"Asofa-Solomona's arm lands on Egan's chest on a diagonal and makes incidental contact with his head/neck after the ground impact.

"As a result, the match review committee cleared the tackle of involving either a head slam or a dangerous contact action."