A pitch invader at a rugby match got a less-than-friendly goodbye from the crowd after interrupting play and being chucked out by security.
During the autumn Test match between Wales and South Africa on 6 November, a drunk man invaded the pitch but was quickly tackled by security and dragged off.
It happened at a tense moment during the game where the score was 15 - 15. Wales were attacking at the time and the man appeared to get in the way of a try-scoring opportunity for Wales.
"That idiot!" 🤬
— Rugby on Nine (@RugbyOnNine) November 7, 2021
With the scores level late in the Test, Wales were denied a near-certain try by one of the worst-timed pitch invaders of all time. 😱🏉
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Wales went on to lose the game by 16 - 19 and, as he was being dragged away by security, the Welsh fans in the Cardiff stadium let him know exactly how they felt about his stunt.
Footage posted by Twitter channel RugbyLAD showed the man getting soaked in beer and jeered at as three security personnel removed him.
The pitch invader from the Wales vs South Africa game got a lovely welcome from the crowd as he got escorted out of the stadium. 👀 pic.twitter.com/FV3ScLZBE9
— RugbyLAD (@RugbyLAD7) November 6, 2021
Many pointed out that while the man at fault may have deserved what he got, the stewards escorting him out did not.
One person commented: “He deserved it. Those stewards didn’t.”
He deserved it. Those stewards didn't
— Thomas Kendall (@TomK_1234) November 6, 2021
Another person agreed, saying: “Feel so sorry for the stewards getting soaked, they did a cracking tackle and dragged him off the pitch no messing about.”
Feel so sorry for the stewards getting soaked, they did a cracking tackle and dragged him off the pitch no messing about.
— Lloyd Evans (@LloydEv28308027) November 7, 2021
Someone else wrote: “Great stuff. Shame the stewards got hit though.”
Great stuff. Shame the stewards got hit though https://t.co/qJbXVzbS0H
— Sir Isaac Newton FRS (@zxspectrum128) November 7, 2021
Wales’ head coach Wayne Pivac told RugbyPass in a post-game interview that he was “disappointed” that it happened and said, “you don’t want to see that in the game”.
