'Fame-hungry' bears force Canadian GAA club to cancel second match 

'Fame-hungry' bears force Canadian GAA club to cancel second match 

St Finnian’s Vancouver GAA in Canada has cancelled a second game over a bear invading the pitch. Picture: St Finnian’s Vancouver GAA/Instagram

For the second time in as many months, a GAA club in Canada has been forced to abandon a football match after a black bear made an appearance on the pitch.

The pitch invasion affected the fifth round of the Vancouver Intermediate Ladies Championship, between St Finnian’s and Fraser Valley.

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