the wake of the All Blacks' 51-22 victory over Scotland earlier this month and missed New Zealand's game with Italy. The blindside flanker was yellow carded during the game for his challenge on Scotland's Alasdair Strokosch but was also later cited and called to appear before an independent disciplinary panel. Judicial officer Jean Noel Couraud upheld the citing complaint but viewed the offence to be at the lower end of the IRB's scale. That level of sanction demands a two-week ban but Couraud allowed one week of mitigation, "taking into account, in particular, the player's (Thomson's) conduct at the hearing." The ruling provoked widespread anger with former England hooker Brian Moore describing it as "ludicrously lenient". IRB chief executive Brett Gosper responded to the criticism by saying that he would review the case that fell under the jurisdiction of the Six Nations Committee. And following Friday's hearing, this suspension has been extended to two weeks which means he will be free to face England on December 1. The All Blacks opted against fielding him against Wales on Saturday, with Thomson's hearing the day before. The statement read: "The IRB had appealed on the ground that the independent Judicial Officer's first instance decision - a suspension of one week for trampling under law 10.4( - had been unduly lenient. The Appeal Committee found that the application of the low end entry point (two weeks) by the Judicial Officer had not been wrong (and on that point the appeal was not upheld).