Bath have lodged an appeal with the Rugby Football Union against their club captain Danny Grewcock's 35-day ban.
England and Lions lock Grewcock was suspended by a three-man RFU disciplinary panel earlier this week after being found guilty of kicking Saracens skipper Kyran Bracken during a Zurich Premiership game on September 8th.
But Bath tonight issued a brief statement, confirming they are to take the matter further.
"After careful consideration, we have decided that there are sufficient grounds to lodge an appeal against Danny Grewcock's recent conviction and sentence," said the club.
Grewcock's appeal will probably be held within the next fortnight. He is free to continue playing until it takes place - and could conceivably line up for Bath against Northampton at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.
A three-man RFU disciplinary panel, sitting for almost three hours in a Coventry hotel on Tuesday night, decided that Grewcock's act of foul play was reckless, rather than intentional.
But the panel - comprising RFU Council members Richard Moon, Jeff Probyn and Paul Murphy - still dished out a five-week suspension after hearing evidence from Grewcock and touch judge Ashley Rowden, while also studying what they ultimately described as "inconclusive" video footage.
Grewcock was sent off by referee Steve Leyshon during Bath's 28-3 defeat against his former club. The referee brandished a red card after consulting with Rowden.
Bracken, meanwhile, went off for treatment to a cut near his jaw which required stitches.
Bracken, who did not give evidence at the hearing, claimed the whole incident had been accidental, and press cuttings were produced quoting various post-match statements he made to that effect.
Grewcock though, was left contemplating his second five-week suspension in four years, after being dismissed for illegal use of the boot when England crashed 64-22 to New Zealand on their so-called 1998 southern hemisphere 'tour from hell'.