Video: Snakes alive! NRL’s lethal field invader causes stir on the Gold Coast

WATCH: There was something more lethal than a Johnathan Thurston show-and-go at the football with a brown snake appearing on the field.

THERE was something more lethal than a Johnathan Thurston show-and-go at the football on Monday with a brown snake appearing at Cbus Super Stadium.

On a warm Gold Coast night, fans shot to their feet early in the first half of the Titans and Cowboys clash after a snake appeared on the field.

HT in #NRLGldNql: @nthqldcowboys 6 lead @GCTitans 0. One try, one goal, one snake... pic.twitter.com/fzDUdNNog1

— NRL (@NRL) March 31, 2014

Three feet long, the snake slithered across the turf of the south-eastern corner of the ground before heading into the crowd.

While security did their best to corner the snake, it shot underneath the grandstand and into a water pipe.

TITANS BEAT COWBOYS

Almost as soon as the uninvited reptile had made his appearance a Twitter account with the handle CbusSnake was already up and running, posting updates such as ``just hanging at cbus... looking for rats’’.

The match continued without interruption with the snake never appearing to actually go near the field of play.

@CbusSnake HAHAHA man you are hilarious!

— James (@James01253) March 31, 2014