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This is the moment a Royal Marine accidentally sets himself on fire while abseiling into Twickenham in a stunt at the Army vs Navy rugby match.

Footage from the match showed the soldier descending from the stadium's rafters as he appeared to set off a red flare.

But soon that massed into a fireball as a blaze suddenly sparked on his back - as he descended from the heavens.

And as he landed alongside other soldiers he was left flailing as he tried to remove the rope, before the camera dramatically cut to the second marine.

The stunt - which apparently left him unharmed as he was seen laughing with a pal shortly after - was mercilessly mocked online as fellow soldiers joked about his blunder.

One laughed: 'Bro is on fire!'