Nice try, eco clowns

...but maybe you shouldn’t have taken on 30 of the country’s toughest rugby stars

A DOCTOR was among two Just Stop Oil protesters arrested after a crunch rugby match was disrupted yesterday.

The men invaded the pitch during the first half of the Premiership final between Saracens and Sale Sharks, throwing orange paint powder on to the Twickenham turf.

It came days after the Chelsea Flower Show was targeted.

Just Stop Oil said the men involved were Patrick Hart, 37, a GP from Bristol, and Sam Johnson, 40, an Essex construction worker. They were ‘demanding a halt to any new licences for oil, gas and coal projects in the UK’.

Hart said: ‘I am doing this because it’s my duty as a doctor.

‘In the same way the tobacco companies lied to us that tobacco was safe, the scrum of fossil fuel companies and corrupt politicians have been lying to us. They are keeping us addicted to fossil fuels, even though they know it’s killing us.

‘I am not prepared to let them get away with mass murder.’

A statement from bosses at Twickenham read: ‘Twickenham Stadium can confirm two people have been arrested and this is now a police matter.

‘We would like to thank our stewarding team who acted decisively and swiftly.’