Streakers, hippies, canines (most adorably in the 1962 World Cup quarter-final between England and Brazil when Jimmy Greaves cuddled the intruding dog only for it to pee on him) and cats, sometimes a snake or such-like creepy crawlies, are familiar pitch invaders. A pig even (Australia vs England WSC game at the Gabba in 1980). But not perhaps a rodent.

But it did put the World Cup qualifier between Belgium and Wales in Cardiff on hold for nearly five minutes. At the 65th minute of the game, when the game was paused after one of the Belgium players suffered a knock on the head, goalkeeper Thibault Courtois spotted something usual snuggle along the green grass off the Cardiff City Stadium. To his amusement it was a rat, wading through the dewy outfield. He tried to stealthily grab the intr

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