“A depleted Haven team took the field against a great opponent who played in the spirit of the game.

The first half saw a decimation of the Elven team, allowing Hell's Miners to squeeze in for a turn 8 TD. A failed chain push saw the elves unable to even the score before half-time.

At the start of the second half the elves made a quick break along one flank, after another failed chain push, this time thwarted by confsed fans of the elven side who hurled a rock into the key dwarven player. The break proved unstoppable nevertheless, with the dwarves caught on the back foot. The scores were brought level, but with so few players left a dwarven win seemed inevitable.

The dwarves drove forwards again, breaking free with one Bull Centaur. Unsupported, he nearly wasted the chance, with Dauntless proving its use time & again. However, the ball was recovered and the Miners were 2-1 up. In a last-ditch effort the elves again broke through one flank of the dwarves, but without the numbers to secure the hole all seemed lost. However, Fleet showed steady nerves, making a 5+ pickup on the ball as well as two dodges & a GFI to fluke a second TD!

In the closing minutes the dwarves appeared to have lost heart, with their players proving incapable of handling the ball at all. This proved the saving of the elven side, who had little chance of stopping the dwarves had they ever managed to reach their remaining Bull Centaur.

The game ended a thrilling 2-2, but evidently the crowds were unimpressed, as neither side gained significant winnings.

Hard luck Neil - you deserved the win but were denied by one roll, the ball pickup for my second TD. A rematch will have to be had!”