Fox invades pitch at Six Nations match

[Amizon]

A fox appeared on the pitch at Twickenham minutes before England played Scotland in the Six Nations tournament.

The unusual pitch invader appeared before a crowd of 82,000 spectators just before kick-off.

BBC One commentator John Inverdale said: "It's been around all day, and they've been chasing it around. We think it's called Grant. It actually went up into our commentary position, so we called it 'the fox in the box'."

As the fox continued to run around the pitch, Inverdale then joked: "I have to tell you actually, it's [co-commentator] Andy Nicol's birthday today, and he was rather hoping it would be Samantha Fox, but it's not!"

The animal was eventually chased away by officials, disappearing over empty seats in the stands. England later won the match 22-16.

Source: Digital Spy


I've heard of animal invasions during sport events before, but never one with a fox. Those things can be quite dangerous if they're not dealt wth as quickly as possible.

I remember walking to the cinema near to where my dad used to live and we saw a baby fox with its family hiding underneath the trees. I remember being a bit wary, but it wasn't causing any harm.

I wonder where the famous fox from the match is now. xD

 

[Clerkin]

I watched the match and the fox was pretty brave to just wander around with 82,000 people there as if nothing was going on but it was nice to see the fox before the match started as it was something different and unexpected

They could have gave the fox a better name though and I hope it got away from the stadium safely after being chased away by the officials

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

Foxes rarely attack humans, but on the off chance that they do the typical British media, as per, goes ape shit and makes them out to be the worst things ever. You're more likely to be attacked by your average household dog. It probably went into the stadium during the early morning and of course was still there when the rugby started, it was undoubtedly shitting itself more than any single person in the whole stadium.