To the naked eye it was just another streak, but to self-described West Coast cult hero Ephraim McIntyre it was another bare-all masterpiece in a gallery of exposure.
The 25-year-old Greymouth man yesterday gave the Otago Daily Times the skinny on his Saturday night sprint at Forsyth Barr Stadium, the latest in his long - errrr - streak of public performances.
Mr McIntyre streaked at the Warriors-Knights game in Greymouth in 2011, the Warriors-Bulldogs game in Wellington last year and, earlier this year, stripped to a G-string and hard hat in a bottle store in Greymouth as part of a ''neknominate'' challenge.
When asked about the naked truth behind his soft spot for sans-slacks sprints, the former West Coast rugby league representative conceded: ''I don't know why I do it''.
But he credited the thrill of exhibitionism with turning his life around: ''I used to be a real bad person back in the day and this has just changed my life.''
Streaking allowed him to push boundaries without causing harm, he said.
''I was always in a lot of trouble and I liked the thrill of getting in trouble.''
On Saturday, in the 73rd minute of the Kiwis-England test, when a spot of toing-and-froing between English star Sam Tomkins and Kiwis half Kieran Foran interrupted play, a half-naked McIntyre slipped on to the field unnoticed and begin his sprint.
''The guards turned their backs for a split second and I just hit the gap and once I was on the field I was just going for it,'' he said from his Greymouth home yesterday.
''I can remember running down the field and I got halfway down and still had my T-shirt on, so I ripped my T-shirt off and a security guard was running at me and I didn't want to bump him off, so I put a fend on him.''
From his past experiences, he knew what was coming his way - hence his decision not to streak until late in the game - but he was unfazed.
''I knew I was going to get arrested, but I didn't worry about it,'' he said.
''[I'm] definitely unapologetic. I don't see it causing no harm to anybody.''
The streak resulted in a ''couple of hours'' in a Dunedin Central police station cell, a charge of offensive behaviour and being trespassed for two years from the stadium. But it was worth it, he said.
He was ''completely sober'' during the run.
He signalled his intent to streak to the ODT in September, saying in a message to a reporter: ''Hey mate, I'm thinking of doing a streak at the Kiwis vs England game.''
However, his plan - tendered as part of a feature on streaking - went unnoticed until Saturday's events unfolded.
He planned to repeat the performance even if it meant he was banned from all sporting events nationally.
Sergeant Steve Aitken said the ''recidivist streaker'' would appear in court tomorrow.
After his streak last year, Mr McIntyre was fined $150.
