A bull broke free earlier than a rugby recreation in France and rampaged on the sector, prompting gamers to flee

• A rugby recreation in France went awry when a bull from a pre-match parade broke free. 
• Movies of the incident present gamers hurriedly leaping over obstacles to keep away from the white bull.
• After about 30 seconds of working free, the bull was captured by its handlers. 

A Tremendous League rugby recreation in France went awry when a bull concerned in a pre-match parade broke free earlier than the sport and ran across the area. 

The bull broke free from its handler through the pre-match drills earlier than the sport between the French Catalans Dragons and the British St Helens groups, per CNN. 

The bull charged down the sector on the Stade Gilbert Brutus stadium in Perpignan, France, on Friday — with a ribbon within the colours of the French flag nonetheless tied round its physique, CNN reported.

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A video of the incident reveals the raging bull dragging his handler behind him on the bottom. The handler is seen rolling over as soon as, then letting go of the rope.

The bull then ran a lap across the area energetically, prompting a few of the gamers warming as much as flee. Some had been seen jumped over the security obstacles to keep away from the animal. 

After round 30 seconds of freedom, handlers recaptured the animal, per the CNN. No accidents had been reported from the incident, per The Guardian.

The Catalans proprietor, Bernard Guasch, got here up with the thought of getting bulls within the pre-match parade to advertise his native meat enterprise, Guasch Viandes.

The membership didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s question about whether or not this was the primary time bulls had been paraded round earlier than a match. 

The Catalans Dragons ultimately went on to win the match, with a rating of 24 to 12.