A woman who invaded the field in the final seconds of Saturday's test between New Zealand and Ireland in Hamilton wearing just a bikini has put the two-piece suit up for sale on an online auction website to help pay for her court costs.
Lisa Lewis, 25, ran onto the field at Waikato Stadium about 30 seconds before referee Stuart Dickinson blew the whistle to signal the end of the game, won by the All Blacks 34-23.
Lewis was grabbed by security guards and arrested by police and later charged with disorderly behaviour.
"As a result my bikini is up for sale to assist in paying for my court fines and costs. Come on people help me out," Lewis wrote on the Trade Me website (www.trademe.co.nz).
Lewis's decision to sell the bikini follows that of Christchurch woman Nichole Davis, who auctioned her handbag after it was used by former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga to subdue team mate Chris Masoe in a bar after the Super 14 final last month.
Masoe had struck another patron in the face and Umaga stepped in to break up the scuffle, resulting in him using the handbag to hit the fellow All Black in the head to calm him down. The handbag sold for just under NZ$23,000 ($14,650).
Lewis wrote on the website she had decided to run on to the field because it was on a list she of tasks she had made to achieve before she died.
However, she did not recommend it to anyone else.
"Even though this was a lifetime goal of mine to streak on a rugby field, and obviously fulfilled that dream, I do not recommend running on a rugby field in the middle of a game again - as the consequences are severe," she wrote.
Messages on the website have been mixed with some critics claiming Lewis was not technically a streaker given she had been wearing the bikini.
By 0600 GMT on Monday, the auction had attracted 10 bids with a top price of NZ$615(£212).
2 comments:
he hit it with his purse..? there is the story...haha
It wasn't HIS purse it was a womans who then sold it for $22,500 .... I did that story last week
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