The player has a prohibition of 12 games for biting the opponent in women

France Flanker Axelle Berthoumieu admitted to having bitten the Aoife wafer of Ireland in its quarterfinals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, but appealed its suspension of 12 games on Monday.

The captain of France, Manaé Feleu, also appealed a suspension of three games that threatens to discard it from the World Cup semifinal against England and the Bronze final or final.

Berthoumieu’s admission occurred at a dirty play review audience. The panel said she accepted that her bite was worthy of a red card and that the summary was justified.

No measures were taken against her in the field at that time.

The wafer accused Berthoumieu of biting her arm during the victory of France 18-13 on Sunday in Exeter. The referee sent it to the television party official to review the images.

France was losing 13-0 at the time of the incident, according to BBC News. The images immediately after the incident showed the wafer looking at her arm, BBC News reported.

World Rugby said in a statement: “When reviewing the live matter, the TMO could not determine the dirty and obvious dirty game and did not have the benefit of additional evidence to corroborate.”

Berthoumieu was accused after the party for the citing commissioner.

For a sanction, the panel began the suspension in 18 games and deduced six.

“Although the player recognized the dirty game and was repentant, the complete mitigation did not occur due to the seriousness of the player’s actions, and that the player had the opportunity not to continue with the action,” said World Rugby.

Berthoumieu appealed against the length of the suspension of 12 games, which would rule out the rest of the World Cup and prevent him from playing March 1.

Your appeal will be heard on Tuesday.

The former winner of the England World Cup, Maggie Alphonsi, told the BBC that the alleged bite was a “misfortune” and that Berthoumieu should be punished if he declares himself guilty.

“I hate seeing that in the game,” Alphonsi said.

Berthoumieu, 25, has 27 caps since its debut in 2019, including the four games of France in this World Cup, the first.

Feleu, leading Les Bleues in his second World Cup, was summoned by a dangerous Tackle that was not sanctioned in the field. At her audience, she accepted that there was a dirty game, but she didn’t think it was worth mentioning.

But the panel found it guilty of head of head of head without mitigation.

Its appeal will also be heard on Tuesday against a suspension that threatens to be a great blow to the hopes of the title of France.

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