Pitch invader arrested after lining up with Australia team

Before Saturday’s rugby league match against England, a pitch invader who gathered with the Australia team was arrested.

As the teams lined up for the national anthems shortly before Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium’s kick-off, Daniel Jarvis, a well-known internet prankster who uses the name “Jarvo 69” on social media, made their way onto the field.

On the end of the line of Australia players wearing a green and gold team shirt with the number “Jarvis 69” on the back, Jarvis was spotted on BBC One’s television coverage.

Following an incident at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool this afternoon on Saturday, November 1, 2019, officers have detained a man, according to Merseyside Police.

The 37-year-old man from Gravesend, Kent, was detained just before the England vs. Australia rugby league game started.

He has been taken to a police station for questioning on suspicion of having articles for use in fraud and fraud using false pretenses.

When BBC Sport reached them, neither Everton nor the Rugby Football League made a comment.

However, it is understood that an internal review of the event will be conducted by RFL.

The new Everton stadium’s first non-football game was played on Saturday, marking its first since it opened earlier this year.