Am I right in thinking that the appeal committee can decide to increase the length of the ban if they consider the appeal unjustified?

I hope so... I hope they double it just for the sheer cheek of him lodging an appeal when he was let off lightly in the first place

Don't talk soft. It was a horrific challenge for which he has rightly been banned and for which he has apologised. I think the maximum ban he could have got for the charge he received was 5 games so I think the RFL have given him 4 plus the 77 minutes he missed anyway.
What did Brandon Costin get banned for when he cleaned out Long that time? That was a worse one for me.

Eight matches sounds about right. Maybe more.

No apology toTheo from the player or coach.
He travelled on the same flight today with the Catalans squad, obviously Bousquet wasn't there, but apart from Webb & Menzies & the hooker, who Theo knows none of the others spoke with him.

Maybe the French players can't understand his accent now after living with you guys for a few years...