Rugby streaker falls fowl of giant chicken

[travelling_gerry]

Rugby streaker falls fowl of giant chicken
ESPN Staff
June 3, 2013

Chicken 1 Streaker 0 © Getty Images
Being manhandled to the ground and brusquely frogmarched from the ground it the seemingly inevitable fate of any streaker, a humiliating enough end to what might have briefly seemed a few moments earlier a good idea.

But during the Highlanders match against the Blues in Dunedin a streaker suffered the ignominy of being tackled by mascot Andrew James who was at the time dressed as a giant chicken.

"I noticed a streaker on the field and thought immediately, 'This is no good, It's our stadium and we've got to protect it'," James earnestly told the local media. "So I gave it my all, gunned it for the streaker and managed to chase him down."

Continuing to take his role with extreme seriousness, he continued: "Being a chicken mascot, I've got a lot of pride. It was for the team, the supporters, and the stadium."

And perhaps with one eye on commercial spin-offs, James concluded: "I call it the smother hen … just wrap them up and pin them to the ground."

http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/184278.html

[WF1964]

Highlanders' fans streak 2 weeks in a row.

I wish they'd picked a better angle to take that photo from - what has been seen can't be unseen

[jono]

it could be much, much worse...

[Alison]

What is it with Kiwis wanting to streak?!? Westies Man??

[westies man]

What is it with Kiwis wanting to streak?!? Westies Man??

I can only speak for myself' I have a six pack, massive guns, and am rather well endowed so it's only fair that I share it around for the ladies

[hertryk]

Let's keep the pitch for Rugby shall we? There's a time and other places to show off one's "assets"

[SNOB]

You mean like that big c0ck in the picture?

[The InnFORCEr]

You mean like that big c0ck in the picture?

Without any pants on