"The Appeal Committee went on to say that the Judicial Officer's reduction of the entry point from two weeks to one week had not been consistent with IRB Regulation 17 (and on that point the appeal was upheld). The Appeal Committee considered that the appropriate sanction in this case was two weeks. "Therefore Adam Thomson's suspension was extended by the Appeal Committee to apply from November 11 to November 25. He will be free to play on November 26." I guess you could argue it was made 2 weeks already given he wasnt selected for this match (whether he would have or not isnt really the point) due to this hanging over his head and ensuring no disruption for the team? So they imposed the same sanction and just took away the mitigating circumstance - what a crock of shit. Dodge - I don't know how you don't think that this process has been anything but shameful, it doesn't matter whether you think the ban was enough (most of us on here thought a week was light as well but that's beside the point at the moment), the fact is a process was followed, a ban was handed down, that ban was reviewed due to pressure from social media, the ban was then essentially upheld with the mitigating circumstance removed. I don't know what sort of system you would prefer - maybe kangaroo courts. "it is not for me a question of whether Nepia was the best fullback in history.