Wellington - A bikini-clad woman who sprinted on to the field during a rugby Test between New Zealand and Ireland was fined by a court on Friday but stands to make a profit by selling the garment in an online auction.
Lisa Lewis, 25, was fined $200 and ordered to pay costs of 130 by a court but bidding for the bikini has already reached $4 000 in an auction due to end late on Friday.
Lewis ran onto the field in the last minute of the rugby union Test in the North Island city of Hamilton on Friday but was quickly bundled off by security guards and charged with disorderly behaviour.
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On the Trade Me Internet auction site, she said she was locked up, fingerprinted and photographed and now had a criminal record.
"As a result my bikini is up for sale to assist in paying for my court fines and costs," she said.
Despite the likely profit, Lewis has earned more exposure than she wanted. A former boyfriend told the Waikato Times newspaper that he should get any proceeds from the sale as he had paid for Lewis's bikini as well as breast enhancement and other cosmetic surgery.
He estimated Lewis had shown off over $15 000 worth of his gifts on the field "counting the boobs and bikini".
Others have also cashed in on unusual rugby-related memorabilia in online auctions.
A woman's handbag which former All Black captain Tana Umaga used to subdue team mate Chris Masoe in an recent early morning scuffle in a Christchurch bar was sold by the owner for $23 000. - Sapa-AFP
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