Notorious pitch invader 'Jarvo' has been charged by Merseyside Police after slipping past security at Harris Dickinson Stadium and standing arm-in-arm with the Kangaroos during the national anthem before the second Ashes Test.
Jarvo, real name Daniel Jarvis, was dressed in a full Kangaroos kit, which had Jarvo and the number 69 on the back. He put his arm around Cameron Munster at the end of the Kangaroos line-up.
Munster and Patrick Carrigan both looked bemused by his presence but Munster put his arm around Jarvis as the anthem started.
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By the end of the anthem, the high shot from the coverage revealed Jarvis was gone.
Merseyside Police released a statement after the event that a man had been arrested for entering the pitch which has now updated to say he's been charged.
"We have charged a man following an incident at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool yesterday, Saturday November 1 (Sunday AEDT)," the statement read.
"Officers detained a man at around 2.30pm ahead of the England v Australia rugby league match.
"Daniel Jarvis, 37, of Gravesend, Kent has been charged with obstruct /disrupt a person engaged in a lawful activity.
"He was remanded into custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court tomorrow morning, Monday November 3."
Jarvis has previously made his presence known during the closing ceremony at the Paris Olympics and invaded the pitch at Lord's during the Test series between England and India.
He did the same in India during the cricket World Cup, which prompted the ICC to ban him.
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Post-match, Munster explained exactly what happened to Nine and The Sydney Morning Herald's Michael Chammas.
"Myself and Patty Carrigan have a bit of a superstition that we stand together for the anthem," Munster said.
"Some guy tried to get in between me and him and I said 'nah'. Then he asked me again, 'can I stand next to you and hold you'. I said righto mate. Do what you need to do. I just assumed he had some corporate package or some agreement with the Kangaroos that he could jump in for the anthem. Then I realised who it was. It was the guy who does that stuff on the regular. It took me a while to click on but it was pretty funny. He got me.
"He tried talking to me but I didn't give him a whole heap because no one tipped me up that it was going to happen. It was a bit weird, but I just went with it. He got me an absolute ripper.
"Security guards or one of the people who work at the grounds went and grabbed him and were pretty aggressive with him. I knew straight away I got stitched up massively."
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Australia won the match 14-4 to clinch the three-match series.
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