“Quite Possibly our finest ever win. It is an absolute travesty the replay has been lost. Scored early through Hua Xhen I believe. Then defended strongly, often getting plays at the ball carrier, sidestep, a bit of diving tackle, and plenty of players clogged the backfield, so while we were slowly being whittled down.. DC took the risk and scored turn 6. All went to plan again, Touchstone scoring in 2 turns and we hit the break 2-1 up. Here's where it started to look ominous for us, with only 6 players on deck from memory, and my tree almost constantly rooted (though the big fellow had a huge game BHing both the troll and a Dorf) DC scored easily enough, think I started my next drive with 5 this time, sent Touchstone on his own with the ball, and mighty player that he is, absorbed the hit on him. Here's where some tactics came into play. I could have scored here (turn 5 I think) but went for it twice to stall. My reasoning being he didnt move anyone with tackle into a position to hit me. It worked, Touchstone took the hit again, now it was decision time. Risk one more stall (2 d block with reroll) or score and allow him 2 turns to get the draw. I didnt tempt fate, scoring rather than risk it blow up in my face, after all, I had had some success in getting his hobgobs off, and he would be relying on the Bull, 4+ catch. sadly my kicker stayed KO'd and the 4 or 5 of us tried to prevent the TD. Instead of a 1d block on the Bull which would have knocked him out of range, I opted for the two dice on the Hobgob who was in position to score, and a sidestepping tackle zone on the bull. I tried to get a second there, but Varabidis wasnt up to it (maybe tripping and breaking a collarbone which I apothed). His three dice blitz on the stone was successful, though he rerolled a !pow with a tackle player and came up with 2 skulls and a pow, and sprinted into the endzone. Hua Xhen stayed in the dugout, limiting my chance of a 1 turn td, but low and behold injury time came into play. I played a little dumb, relying on the Stones ability to take a hit I sent him and Baliel up field, giving the ball to Touchstone. DC perhaps made an error here... moving practically all his players before the blitz. His 3 dicer took care of Touchstone, but the ball bounced free, and away from his moveable players though into two tackle zones. He covered Baliel and with Touchstone stunned, it looked like a 3-3 draw was on the cards. Instead the rookie dancer and thrower combined with some class. Baliel 1d blitzing free, and heading to the endzone, Varabidis, picking up the pill, dodging out, avoiding the intercept and passing the ball beautifully to Baliel for a stunning TD and 3rd straight win in Premier. Crikey what a game !!!!!!!

Twahnlows:

3 votes to #13 Sarah II - Classy Bull just about stole the draw for her team.

2 Votes to #9 Jenni - Touch and go with Jo for this one, she was classy in this game, pulling off blocks others couldn't, and late in the game was the one player I nearly always marked. Gets the nod due to her hotness.

1 Vote to #7 Jo- Scored the opening BBQ TD, scampering up the field, and making a strong blitz and dodge into the endzone. Rumoured to be worth a pash late in the night also.”