It's not clear as the commentary team start talking over it. I can't say I heard Graham Hughes at all. But if the Ref force Jimmy to take the kick before the review was complete it's gross incompetence on the Ref's part.
Likewise I’ve replayed several times but the non-stop talking of Ben Kay (I think) makes it difficult to hear the communications between the officials.
What is clear though is that Bassett raises the incident and as he is being attended to by the medic he speaks with the assistant referee who can then be heard saying
“Graham(?), this player is [incoherent word] check gouge”. There does seem to be a short back & forth for 12 seconds where the word gouge is used again but then you hear Woodthorpe saying something along the lines of
“if it comes up” and then immediately says
“all good” to a clearly anxious McGuigan and instructs Gopperth to proceed with the penalty kick. Based on that it seems clear that Woodthorpe, Hughes & the assistant referee were aware of the incident prior to Gopperth’s kick and it was decided to proceed with the game and not look at the gouging. Less than 2 minutes later Kay & Healy confirm that Graham had
“marked it as a potential citing situation”. Again the communication weren’t very clear but it’s difficult to justify the referee’s decision when he was clearly made aware of the ‘allegation’.
The same thing happened with their first try which Launchbury very clearly held up. Despite the skipper’s immediate complaints Woodthorpe awarded the try without checking with the TMO.
I would be surprised if it doesn't get cited, but we will then get to see a reduction for remorse. 'I am really sorry I got caught, I am such a sweet innocent person, really.'
The entry point is a 12 week ban but as you said with some sort of bizarre ‘mitigation’ it will get reduced ...