“The first half was mostly containment. The Elvi received and the Guilders did a good job of setting up a cordon. The Elvi did have impunity to foul, given a bribe and the favor of their fans. However, Elvi blocks resulted in in the death of Songpanther and a badly hurt Guilder before the cordon was finally broken.

The Elvi pushed too hard, however, and lost the ball. The Guilders were effective, but just couldn't make the last few rolls to score.

The second half began with a quicksnap and what should've been an easy two turn score for the Guilders, but failures in simple rolls doomed the offense. For the first two turns plays that would've put the ball carrier one tile from the endzone ended on simple failures.

Outnumbered, the Guilders couldn't maintain the melee. The Elvi recovered the ball and was able to stall long enough.

The injury to Starseed and the death of Songpanther puts the Guilders in a bad position for their next, and the season's final, match against Machetti's Rotters.
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