Penrith NRL star Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has vowed to continue volunteering at junior rugby league games despite being physically attacked while serving as a touch judge.

Watene-Zelezniak on Monday admitted being shaken by the incident that resulted in a St Marys official being handed a lifetime ban for grabbing the Panthers winger by the throat.

But he insisted it wouldn't deter him and said it gave him even more respect for NRL refs and touch judges.

"It's going to take a lot more than that for me to stop helping out the junior league and me remembering where I came from," Watene-Zelezniak said.