“Continuing their atypical form of Undead play, the Fish Licence tok to the pitch a man up against the Humans. Eric the Fruitbat collected the touchback from the human kick and a solid pocket formed around him on the right wing. Unfortunately, an equally solid defence formed up against them, so Eric decided to dodge across the centreline and attack down the left wing instead. However one of the blitzers had other ideas and floored Eric, knocking the ball form his grasp.
In a stunning display of ineptitude, Eric the Fruitbat then proceeded to spend the rest of the half chasing after the ball and failing to pick it up. The humans did their best to make the job as hard as possible, the thrower Columbia at one point scooping the ball up but, finding no-one free to pass to he simply lobbed at an empty patch of pitch before being enveloped in the scrum again. The ref's whistle went for half time, putting the lid on 8 turns of good intentions but shoddy luck.
From the shouting overheard from the Undead dugout, von Kleese has banned Eric the Fruitbat from even going within ten feet of the ball ever again!
The second half saw the undermanned Humans ( The 3 KO's from the first half did not wake up) make a determined drive down their left wing, getting halfway to the tryline before a pair of ghouls stopped the ball carrier in his tracks. A couple of turns of bralwing resulted in the humans being forced back far enough for Eric the Halibut to dart in and grab the ball from under the nose of a blitzer and make for the centreline. Eric went on to run the rest of the way down the pitch and score on the Undead's 5th play.
Enraged by this callous disregard for their team's feelings the human fans invaded the pitch, leaving a mummy, a wight and a ghoul stunned, the other mummy desperately exerting his regenerative powers on his smashed ankle and put a ghoul in the dugout unconscious. The five players remaining upright exchanged worried glances as they were suddenly outnumbered.
Anxiety to score on the human's part, however, saw the pass go wild and Eric the Herring dashed back to retrieve the ball, passing it to Eric the Dog who scored a turn later despite dogged resistance.
In a fit of pique, the human blitzer Nebraska kicked a zombie after one of his other teammates had felled it. Unfortunately the blitzer's boots caused too much damage even for von Kleese to sew up and Chris the Pike (Jnr) will be the second occupant of the local graveyard this season.
”