The beginning of Sale’s Champions Cup tie towards Toulouse was delayed by 40 minutes after a parachutist needed to be rescued from the roof of the stadium.
Two parachutists delivering the match ball landed safely on the pitch on the Stadium de Toulouse, however their colleague went astray and was left dangling from the roof after their parachute received snagged within the awning.
Supporters within the stand under needed to be moved whereas officers labored out the way to free the parachutist.
Stadium workers and Toulouse’s lion mascot gathered publish protectors to put beneath the parachutist and a big kids’s inflatable rugby pitch was introduced in from outdoors the stadium to offer additional cushioning.
After a nervy half-hour, firemen lastly freed the parachutist and his chute to large cheers from the gang.
The gamers, who had returned to the dressing room whereas the rescue passed off, had been referred to as again out and the last-16 match lastly kicked off.
Holders Toulouse went on to safe their place within the quarter-finals with a 38-15 victory.
