Just Stop Oil pitch invaders met their match at Twickenham today as burly rugby players helped security staff take them away after they disrupted the Premiership Cup Final.
The protesters stormed the pitch shortly after the game between Sale Sharks and Saracens got underway, to a chorus of boos from furious rugby fans. Crowds were soon cheering triumphantly as quick-thinking staff removed them from the pitch.
England and Sale player Tom Curry, who weighs in at a whopping 17st and towers over most at 6ft 1in, lifted one of the protesters by his trousers as he gave staff a hand in removing him from the pitch.
The climate activists who struck at the home of English rugby have been identified as Bristol GP Dr Patrick Hart, 37, and Sam Johnson, 4src, a construction worker from Essex.
They ran towards the middle of the ground, where the ball was at the time, releasing the distinctive orange powder JSO activists also unleashed at the Chelsea Flower Show and recent snooker world championship.
Sale Sharks player, Tom Curry gave the stewards a hand as they unceremoniously hauled one of the protesters off the pitch
One of the activists was lifted into the air by stewards and even Sale Sharks player, Tom Curry gave them a hand
Jono Ross, a Sale player gets hold of a ‘Just stop oil’ protester during the Gallagher Premiership rugby final
A protester stormed the pitch midway through the first half of the match between Sale and Saracens
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