The Titans ultimately prevailed 13-12 but it was the sight of a one-metre Brown snake in the south eastern corner of Cbus Super Stadium which will linger in patrons' memories from this night.

The snake soon slithered its way into a drain pipe, although it appeared as though not everyone present was distracted, if the post-match comments of Gold Coast captain Greg Bird are any indication.

"An actual snake? I had no idea," Bird said.

The visit of the reptile brought back  memories aplenty of animals interfering at sporting events. Here are some of our favourites:

A stray grey and white tabby briefly held up play during a Liverpool vs Tottenham game after wandering onto the pitch.

A steward eventually picked up the cat and released it into nearby sidestreets.

German Sabine Lisicki's most recent grand slam match prior to the 2013 US Open had been the Wimbledon final. The scene was a little less auspicious on the outside courts at Flushing Meadows when a squirrel halted her clash with Russia's Vera Dushevina.

Lisicki was already a set up at the time, and soon after ensured her progression in straight sets.

The hybrid game in inherently peculiar, so perhaps it was only fitting that a canine dashed around Croke park for eight minutes during a Test match in 2004.

Even more remarkably the game wasn't held up with the two umpires deciding to allow play to continue all the while. Eventually the dog was grasped successfully by stewards.

With champion Saint forward Tony Lockett absent for the clash with Sydney, a fan decided to fill the void left by the burly spearhead and released a big pig with Lockett's nickname (spelled incorrectly, mind you) written on one side and his number 4 written on the other.

A frantic chase after the pig ensued before Swan Darren Holmes dived impressively to stop its run. The incident reportedly left Lockett less than impressed, particularly after commentator Sandy Roberts delivered the timeless line, "There is a pig at full-forward."

The SCG pig was not without precedent. A decade earlier robust English cricketers Ian Botham and Eddie Hemmings were given a special tribute by the rowdy Brisbane crowd when a pig was released with their names written on either side.

The pig was eventually apprehended by a policeman.

Australian and Indian cricketers were forced to lie flat on their stomachs for three minutes as a swarm of bees attacked during a Test match at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

It was perhaps the most exciting moment of the entire match, which ended in a high-scoring draw.