“What a sayoonara to the CTL that was. Smeg's lads also played like it was their last. They hit the pitch hard and niggled one of the wraithlords on their very first block and then rip'd Midnight Echo on their second. Even after such a start there was no letup in the intensity of the game. More blood flowed both ways, fireballs were let loose from the stands, Horkon flashed his knife wherever he might and the linemen threw themselves desperately at the ball as it proceeded to scatter around the field.

Smeg coached his lads well, they gave very few half chances in the first half and for much of it we felt like a cornered cat. It was only late in the second half as the Wraithlords drove for the equaliser that the Scourges defence left some holes as it strayed too close to the sidelines.

All in all, despite the suicidal nature of the game, it was a spectacular one to go out on. ”