Luke Pearce went viral for marching back Billy Vunipola twice after he back-chatted, but it was the referee who ended up apologising to the number 8.
"He got me. I bit," revealed the whistleblower on The Rugby Pod.
"I came off that pitch and I thought, Luke, that is not your style. That is not your personality."
"You're there to be the ref. Of course you're there to not take the s**t if someone is abusive. But there's a fine balance between how you deal with people and making them look stupid and coming out of your style."
"I went into Sarries a couple of months ago for a training session. I spent the day there - just a couple of scrums, couple of lineouts, a bit of game stuff and I just apologised."
"Not to apologise for my behaviour, because Billy was a little bit rude to me. But I said mate, that's not my style, I'm sorry if it came across that way, that's not how I operate."
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Grading every England player:
PROPS
Ellis Genge - A*
Will Stuart - B
Mako Vunipola - C
Joe Heyes C
HOOKERS
Jamie George - B
Luke Cowan-Dickie - C-
SECOND-ROW
Ollie Chessum - B
Maro Itoje - C
Jonny Hill - A
Nick Isiekwe - C
BACK-ROW
Sam Underhill - E
Tom Curry - C
Billy Vunipola - A
Lewis Ludlam - C
Courtney Lawes - B
Jack Willis - D
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SCRUM-HALVES
Danny Care - F
Jack van Portviellt - A
FLY-HALVES
Marcus Smith - D
Owen Farrell - B
CENTRES
Joe Marchant - E
Guy Porter - D
BACK-THREE
Freddie Steward - A*
Tommy Freeman - C
Joe Cokanasiga - F
Henry Arundell - B
Jack Nowell - B
