For New Zealanders who have long wished to be part of this superb sporting spectacle it must have been an ignominy that someone would have so little respect for the importance of the occasion. Wati set the bar of acceptable behaviour perilously low and then still failed to clear it.
New Zealand's "contribution" to the occasion was shameful and deeply embarrassing.
It is not enough to blame it on the security; in such a huge stadium, they are entitled to rely on good sense from the crowd to help protect players and spectators.
What drives people to this idiocy, particularly when they are being entertained by the best sport can be?
Some will still say they enjoyed the spectacle and the experience but Wati already has form in this area.
Whatever the penalty he received for a past pitch incursion during a Warriors game some years ago, he should not have been wandering around this field of dreams, which must have had the same temptation to him as a kid would find in a lolly shop.
Now we must suffer another diversion from football on the field in what is shaping up to be a brutally exciting run into the NRL semifinals.
Ground control will only get tighter and this will be another frustration for spectators.
As for Wati, he clearly has a problem in this area and merits a lifetime ban.
It's hard to know, though, what more can be done to monitor likely copycats. After all, what does a serial streaker carry in their kit-bag that might be a giveaway to further glory-seeking runs?
