Just Stop Oil protesters – including a GP – storm onto Twickenham pitch to bring rugby final to a halt with orange powder demo
- Protesters stormed the pitch the Premiership final between Sale and Saracens
- Just Stop Oil said activists include a Bristol GP and Essex construction worker
Just Stop Oil protesters – including a GP – have stormed the pitch at Twickenham this afternoon, bringing the English rugby Premiership final to a halt.
The protesters stormed the pitch midway through the first half of the match between Sale and Saracens, to a chorus of boos from furious rugby fans.
The climate activists have been identified as Bristol GP Dr Patrick Hart, 37, and Sam Johnson, 40, a construction worker from Essex.
They ran towards the middle of the ground, where the ball was at the time, releasing orange powder in a similar fashion to JSO’s protest at the recent snooker world championship.
The game had to be stopped, and wasn’t restarted again until quick-thinking stewards and security staff intervened to drag the disruptors out of the stadium.
The protester stormed the pitch midway through the first half of the match between Sale and Saracens
Crowds cheered his exit as security intervened to drag him out of the stadium
The protesters stormed the pitch midway through the first half of the match between Sale and Saracens
Just Stop Oil said two protesters disrupted the Gallagher Premiership Rugby final
A ‘Just Stop Oil’ protestor invades the pitch and is apprehended by stewards
Just Stop Oil said two protesters disrupted the Gallagher Premiership Rugby final just 15 minutes into the match
The protesters released orange powder onto the pitch
The men were dragged away by Twickenham stewards
The protesters ran onto the pitch as the match was underway
Protesters disrupted the rugby union match between Saracens and Sale Sharks at Twickenham Stadium
Orange powder filled the air in Twickenham stadium
One of the activists was lifted into the air by stewards and even one of the rugby players as he was dragged off
Just Stop Oil said two protesters disrupted the Gallagher Premiership Rugby final just 15 minutes into the match.
They said their activists did so to demand a halt to new licences for oil, gas and coal projects in the UK.
One of the men who invaded the pitch is Dr Patrick Hart, 37, according to the climate action group.
The GP from Bristol said he was staging the protest ‘because it’s my duty as a doctor’ to draw attention to the climate crisis, ‘the greatest health crisis humanity has ever faced’.
The other man who stormed the pitch was Sam Johnson, 40, a construction worker from Essex.
The men were pulled off the pitch by their orange JSO t-shirts, with Twickenham stewards making sure the game could go on.
Even one of the players got stuck in as the activists were removed from the pitch, lifting him up by his trousers.
It comes after three activists struck at the Chelsea Flower Show earlier this week.
They were hosed down by an irate visitor after they threw orange ‘biodegradable cornstarch’ over the flowers and hard landscaping of the RBC Brewin Dolphin garden.
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