the club have said in a statement they will appeal on the grounds the incident that left northampton wing george north unconscious and resulted in a red card for hughes was an accident and no foul play had occurred .
with the hearing scheduled to be held next friday , it means hughes can not be reprieved in time to face the reigning european champions in toulon this weekend .
wasps are set to appeal the three-match ban handed to no 8 nathan hughes for knocking out george north .