Chris Ashton has refused to give up hopes of an England recall, despite his latest lengthy suspension curtailing any slim chances of featuring in the autumn internationals.
The Saracens wing was last week banned for 13 weeks by the RFU for biting Northampton prop Alex Waller and although the 29-year-old continues to maintain his innocence, he will not contest the matter to focus on fighting for his international future.
Ashton won the last of his 39 caps in June 2014, and missed any opportunity for a Six Nations recall earlier this year due to a 10-week ban for making contact with the eye of Ulster centre Luke Marshall in January.
"My clear ambition is first to regain my place in the Saracens team and then to regain my place in the England side," said Ashton, who is free to play again on December 19.
"It may seem a long journey back from the despair of last week's judgement but I will do everything in my power to get back to where, in my heart, I feel I belong."
However, England boss Eddie Jones has cooled his interest in the free-scoring Saracens flyer, who could find it a tall order to complete another Test-level comeback.
"It would be an understatement to say I was disappointed last week to be handed a 13-week ban by the RFU, my second significant ban of 2016," Ashton told Saracens' official website.
"I told the disciplinary panel that I did not bite the Northampton prop, just as I had told the panel in January that I did not make contact with the eyes of the Ulster centre.
"Both panels chose to accept the opposing version of events. I did not agree with either verdict but I must and do accept the sanctions.
"There is no place for biting or gouging in rugby, and World Rugby are 100 per cent correct in seeking to eradicate these actions.
"Rugby is a physical sport but it is also a fair sport; that is the way I have always played the game, and that is how I will continue to play the game.
"I would like to thank publicly Saracens for their support during these times, and I am wholly committed to repaying the faith of Nigel Wray, our chairman, and Mark McCall, our director of rugby, and all the other coaches, players and staff of this special organisation."