“1st BB game i've been involved in that will have a handicap: our cdwarves are facing dwarves with +11TR/+10TS difference.

They start with a deep kick right back to our endzone but we grab it 2nd try with the rookie centaur and start moving forward. Good solid defense from the dwarves though we use our centaur speed to switch flanks twice. We are getting most of the blocks in but their armour is holding up and they keep getting a SF longbeard next to our rookie centaur ballcarrier. We manage to safely blitz him down twice though- the second time it leaves us free to run in the opening TD of the game which we gladly take!

There's a dwarf in the KO box now while our knocked out hobgob wakes up thanks to our smelling salts. However as the ref blows the whistle to restart the game he's mobbed by our fans, haha- get the boots on hobgobbos!

Their DP sees this as his chance to shine and they gang-stomp one of our guard dwarves, breaking his ribs (MNG). We try and foul for the last 3 turns of the half but never achieve anything with it - meanwhile the dwarves take advantage of a gap in our line to rush through with the ball while at the same time stopping our centaurs from getting back in time. We sprint a lone dwarf to mark the runner but some sweet dodging by the dwarves let them get a 2d blitz so he can score and make it 1-1 for the 2nd half.

They grab the ball and we go on the offense trying to get through. Our rookie centaur moving into their half proves a tempting target for a blitz followed by a 4 dwarf gang-foul which fortunately fails to break his armour. This leaves them slightly out of position so we charge through putting a few players around his ball carrier via a series of 1d blocks to make space. On the way we foul a dwarf, BH'ing him - they use up their apo to try and ensure the victory rather than save him for a possible permanent injury.

This does mean they are able to pull off a sweet turn, throwing a blocker out of the stands and then dodging their ball carrier away and through a screen of dwarves into our half. It's desperate moves from us to get a centaur next to him - and even then that doesn't slow them down for long. They are right through and there's not much we can do but watch them stall for a turn. However they decide to try and pass rather than score, to spread out the SPPs, and a missed catch sees the runner who threw the ball holding it again! This means we have a (slight) chance to stop them winning! We have no rerolls but our centaur blitzes, making the -1 dodge into a TZ he needs to be able to then break tackle out of it and reach (and knock down) the ball carrier! On their turn they can't secure the ball which means we go for broke (still no RRs) - running a hobgoblin up, who grabs the ball and then makes the long pass downfield to another hobgoblin (despite the sunny weather)!! Go Rhinos!

The dwarves respond by stunning our hobgob and thus making it impossible for us to score - and then they try and return the improbable pass back to our endzone, but fortunately they can't do it and the game ends a fair, well-fought tie.

Cheers for the game! :)”