“An odd little game where the Elves led the casualty tally (we had an SI that the apothecary treated, but Baron Urálas did that to himself....) but seemed to have banana peels nailed to their shoes and the Norse led the TD count through a combination of excellent coaching and the Elves lying face down on the pitch after tripping over their own feet.
In an unprecedented display of ferocity, fans from both teams ganged up on the hapless referee at the second half kick-off, but the Norse lived up to their warrior code of honor and didn't take advantage and, of course, the Elves are above such things.
In closing, the entire Noblesse Oblige team would like to thank the Ogre Obelix for "going Bonehead" several times during the course of the game and hope he enjoys the live cow we had delivered to his locker room before the game....”
“As all fans of Asterix's adventures know, Obelix likes wild boar more than anything. Nevertheless, he was quite happy to eat the cow as an aperitif to this game... but it gave him some nasty gas towards the end of the second half, leaving his Gallic countrymen to make do without him.
Asterix and his villagers did quite well, with Dogmatix sound in the back field, Asterix managing to evade blitzers to set up many scoring opportunities, and Geriatrix's Wife pulling off a few spectacular moves. Asterix was heard to say afterwards, "Poor Geriatrix... he'll be doing the dishes again tonight, by Toutatis!"
Cacofonix earned the MVP award, but immediately developed a niggling injury, which by all accounts was sustained to his pride. The miscreants involved remain at large, although two thick-set men wielding a blacksmith's hammer and a rotten fish were seen walking away innocently from the training ground...”
Click on the charts to toggle relative statistics.
In an unprecedented display of ferocity, fans from both teams ganged up on the hapless referee at the second half kick-off, but the Norse lived up to their warrior code of honor and didn't take advantage and, of course, the Elves are above such things.
In closing, the entire Noblesse Oblige team would like to thank the Ogre Obelix for "going Bonehead" several times during the course of the game and hope he enjoys the live cow we had delivered to his locker room before the game....”