Living with snakes and spiders is part of life in Australia but you don’t normally expect to see a venomous snake while you’re trying to watch a rugby game.
Venomous snake invades rugby game in Australia
Sit in the stands, enjoy a game, dodge the killer snake.
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Gold Coast and North Queensland were playing in an NRL game over the weekend (Rugby’s equivalent of the NFL) when a three foot brown snake slithered onto the pitch and eventually into the stands. We’re used to killer snakes having exotic names but the eastern brown snake is nothing to mess with, according to its Wikipedia page.
Clinically, the venom of the eastern brown snake is known to cause diarrhea, dizziness, collapse or convulsions, renal failure, paralysis and cardiac arrest. Without medical treatment, bites can be fatal.
Sure there was medical staff on hand, but NOPE.
