READ MORE:<\/strong> 'National disgrace' brought to light by Matildas success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Gallen reveals motive behind Luai's Penrith exit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "There's no voluntarily head movement from me at all," she said.<\/p>\n "She's continuing to put pressure on me as she is in motion. There has never been a moment in my life where I'm out to injure or hurt anyone. It's not in my nature.<\/p>\n "I made a run, went to ground after being tackled by Fressard and Sergis and heard the ref yell something and turned my head. As I'm looking at the ref I felt downward pressure of my neck.<\/p>\n "I then felt a swinging motion of an arm go into my mouth. I had a blocked nose that night, and in the week leading in, and couldn't breathe out of my nose. I had already been struggling to breathe.<\/p>\n "I felt pressure into my mouth guard and that's not very comfortable but there's no intent in any way shape or form to connect with her (arm). The only thing going through my head was to play the ball."<\/p>\n Stream the NRLW premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Werner received no favours from Fressard, who told the judiciary that the bite was "definitely" forceful, adding that her left arm was left "swollen" in the area of the bite.<\/p>\n "During the tackle as I bought my arm over and had it close to my head I felt a clench and I had to rip my arm out of the tackle after I felt a bite," she said.<\/p>\n "One or two seconds after my arm was placed on her, that's when I felt the the bite on my forearm."\ufeff<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n