“The semi final of the WO Qual XI vs some nasty undead with the count! We counterhire silibili since he made such a difference last game.

We receive but the undead start off with a short kick to one side and a blitz! The count dodges through to the landing square but drops the ball! We push him out of the way then mighty Tlaxkrox KILLS the star mummy!! Unfortunately he regenerates :( Our legions of fans and spectator (yes that's right, singular :P) are disappointed!

We grab the ball and move it to slight safety but immediately the count hypnotises a saurus and a fast tackling blitzer rushes in and takes out the skink holding the ball. We knock him down but can't secure the ball the next turn, though we are succesfully otublocking the undead so far.. eventually the only skink left on the park grabs the ball and starts moving up one side with all the undead nicely blocked from getting through. He can score by turn 5 but with the kroxi as support he dangerously stalls for several turns- the fast tackling wight repeatedly dodging out of the kroxi tail and attempting to blitz him. He eventually manages this meaning I have to score with Silibili on turn 8 (4+ pickup with RR a bit dodgy but it works). Just before the TD the crowd are treated to the spectacle of the count running for his life away from his lizard aggressors!!

The undead set up for the triple block n foul in their last turn with a truly savage, dirty foul KILLing one of our rookie saurus, not even our well practiced apothecary can help him!

We start off the 2nd half taking a mighty beating with Silibili concussed on the second undead turn- this is going to be a lot harder than the first half :) However we do push through and force the ghoul passer to be under slight pressure- resulting in his fumble as he tries to put it upfield. We surround the ball and mighty skink and fan fave Gecko nabs it and runs towards the end zone. The angry mummy kills some other skink marking him in frustration! On our 4th turn Gecko runs in the TD to make it 2-0. Can the undead score twice in 4 turns? We've 11 players (barely) to field so we should be able to contain them.

Perfect defence! Lets us mark the count and ghoul who were pushed right up to the LOS on one side looking for the quick score. The undead grab the ball and move backwards so on our turn we push in with multiple skinks to tag the wight. Kroxi also manages to KILL a tackling DP block zombie this turn- result!

The undead wight dodges away and passes to the count by bouncing the ball next to him, unusual! We try a kroxi blitz but he manages to trip on a simple break tackle! The count dodges away from his DT marking skink and passes to a wight who has dodged into the end zone to make it 2-1 with one undead turn left. Lets try and cause some damage!

At this point I notice my dead saurus Extepitlan has been raised from the dead as he shambles onto the field! Boo!!

We push a skink through to the backfield hoping to get a third TD but they take him down with ease so the game is going to end 2-1 for the lizzies. We look for casualties against some exposed ghouls but only manage a BH :(

Still, through to the final (though down a saurus and 2 skinks). Thanks for the game eghost, though as a bit of advice you'll find your games more fun if you take failure with a pinch of salt, a smile and a chatty remark into game chat. Why take the fun out of the game? Yes it can be fun when your own players fall over :)”