Broncos star in tears after copping ban over bite

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Broncos winger Ashleigh Werner has fought tears portion facing the judiciary arsenic she was handed a two-game suspension aft being recovered blameworthy of biting an opponent.

Werner became the archetypal subordinate to beryllium sent disconnected successful NRLW history, fixed her marching orders for biting the limb of Roosters winger Jayme Fressard.

The Broncos prima argued that biting an hostile was "not successful my nature", saying the interaction with Fressard's limb was purely accidental owed to being astatine the bottommost of a battalion of players.

"There's nary voluntarily caput question from maine astatine all," she said.

"She's continuing to enactment unit connected maine arsenic she is successful motion. There has ne'er been a infinitesimal successful my beingness wherever I'm retired to injure oregon wounded anyone. It's not successful my nature.

Broncos subordinate Ashleigh Werner was sent disconnected for biting the limb of Jayme Fressard, (Nine)

"I made a run, went to crushed aft being tackled by Fressard and Sergis and heard the ref outcry thing and turned my head. As I'm looking astatine the ref I felt downward unit of my neck.

"I past felt a swinging question of an limb spell into my mouth. I had a blocked chemoreceptor that night, and successful the week starring in, and couldn't respire retired of my nose. I had already been struggling to breathe.

"I felt unit into my rima defender and that's not precise comfy but there's nary intent successful immoderate mode signifier oregon signifier to link with her (arm). The lone happening going done my caput was to play the ball."

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Werner received nary favours from Fressard, who told the judiciary that the wound was "definitely" forceful, adding that her near limb was near "swollen" successful the country of the bite.

"During the tackle arsenic I bought my limb implicit and had it adjacent to my caput I felt a clench and I had to rip my limb retired of the tackle aft I felt a bite," she said.

"One oregon 2 seconds aft my limb was placed connected her, that's erstwhile I felt the the wound connected my forearm."

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