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Please Enjoy Watching This Cat That Ran Down The Field At An NRL Game Yesterday

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Dogs running around on sports fields is arguably the greatest YouTube genre there is, but there aren’t many videos of cats doing the same thing. Arguably, this is because dogs — which are great and fun — are inherently better than cats, but that’s a discussion for another time.

What really matters is that, finally, a cat willing to brave a sports field to the delight of all has emerged — in Australia, no less. Yesterday an NRL match between the Cronulla Sharks and my beloved, forever struggling Penrith Panthers was briefly interrupted after a black cat went streaking down the sideline as commentator Brad Fittler yelled in incoherent delight.

An on-site photographer also managed to snap this amazing photo of the cat, which it will presumably use when it releases its own range of merchandise a la Jarryd Hayne.

At time of publication, the Panthers are in negotiations to sign the cat as a winger.