Scottish Rugby have confirmed they will appeal Zander Fagerson's four-week ban.
The Glasgow Warriors prop was sent off during the tense 25-24 defeat at the hands of Wales at Murrayfield for a dangerous clearout, after his shoulder connected with Wyn Jones at the breakdown.
An independent disciplinary committee deemed that the foul play warranted a mid-range entry point - a six-week suspension.
However, the 25-year old's admission of foul play and his previously positive disciplinary record saw that ban reduced by two weeks.
Fagerson has subsequently been left out of the game with France in Paris next weekend, although Scottish Rugby have now confirmed that they will look to appeal the decision.
Their latest squad announcement read: "Prop Zander Fagerson is not listed in the latest squad update.
"Scottish Rugby will appeal his disciplinary hearing ban of four matches, issued last week."
Meanwhile, uncapped Bath back-rower Josh Bayliss has linked up with the squad, along with 23-year old scrum-half Jamie Dobie.
Jamie Bhattie, Cornell du Preez and Glasgow Warriors’ duo Rob Harley and Sam Johnson are also in, while fly-half Adam Hastings takes his place in the squad having trained with the national team since the end of January in a bid to return to full fitness.
Head Coach Gregor Townsend said: “We welcome Josh [Bayliss] into our squad as we look to build on our opening two games of the Championship. We have been following his performances with Bath and a combination of his form and a couple of injuries in our squad, have given us the opportunity to involve him for the first time.
“We are also delighted to add Jamie Dobie to our group following his impressive outing for Glasgow on Friday night and the quality he showed while training with us prior to our game against England.”
