The two protestors who breached the field during the first half got more than they bargained for however, when Sale players Tom Curry and Jono Ross accosted them.
Curry was seen carrying one of the shocked protestors one-handed from the field, eventually handing the pressure group member over to stadium stewards.
Sale captain Ross did likewise on the other side of the field with the other protestor, and the match was back underway within minutes.
Environment activist group Just Stop Oil have made a name for themselves interrupting major sporting events, with a protestor managing to set off a similar smoke bomb at the World Snooker Championships at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre in April.
As the two protestors were removed from the field, Twickenham broke out into collective booing, with the wider climate change point of the pressure group not finding much favour with the west London crowd.
Saracens and Sale had been locked at 6-6 at the time of the interruption, but the Men In Black quickly took the 13-6 lead afterwards through a penalty try.
