“Once again, the Wreckage Ratz entered the game with a 9 rat squad thanks to niggling injuries and death. The primary goal was to leave the game no worse for wear than when they entered; a daunting task, considering the 12 dwarf JFD squad. But knowing they were about to face a weaker opponent may have accounted for excessive partying and brawling by the JFD squad the night before. Meanwhile, Ratz player, Scuppers the Storm Vermin showed up in the locker room mere minutes before kickoff. There were unconfirmed reports of him exchanging packages with a nefarious looking Dark Elf prior to team meeting.

JFD opted to receive. The first block action of the game, by Rudeboy Bluehair the Troll Slayer resulted in double skulls. He shook it off, regained his composure and quickly pushed Gongfermor the Linerat out of bounds. This action was followed by fellow Badman Redhair the Troll Slayer, who pushed, Leachate the Linerat only to lose his footing and fall during the frenzied follow up. Such began JFD’s first half woes as four Ratz quickly swarmed to the ball, which was recovered by Blackwater the Thrower. After a couple failed blocking attempts by both sides, Blackwater connected with Gangrechank the Gutter Runner, setting the Ratz up for a 1-0 lead.

The Ratz set up to kick, and as in their previous two games, blitzed on the kickoff. Gangrechank fielded the kick, putting himself in good position for a second TD. Kazatok the Longbeard was absolutely livid by such antics, and took his aggression out on Leachate. Sadly Leachate didn’t make it. There was some controversy as Coach ‘Krael refused to allow the Ratz’ new shaman attend to Leachate. “Looksee here,” said ‘Krael. “A shaman can only channel the Great Horned One’s energy but once per day. I’m not about to waste that on a rookie linerat when we’ve got 3 quarters yet to play!”

Gangrechank was later knocked down by Shortleg Dettlef the Runner, who then fielded the fumble himself. He was promptly knocked down by Gongfermor, as Blackwater sent Bluehair to the infirmary with a nasty bite taken out of his forearm. Dettlef scrambled to his feet and picked up the ball, but could not get away from Blackwater, as he was soon tripped up again. Coach Canneloni was heard ranting on the sidelines, “AAAAAAH!!! I curse you Nuffle! He gets the ball; this is not normal that he picks up the ball just so… and in a TZ. And then… too stupid to do a %^$#@ dodge! %^$#@ drunk and full potted Flying Dwarfs!” Trashyard the Gutter Runner recovered the fumble and connected with Gangrechank deep in JFD territory, who then ran in for an easy TD on the subsequent play.

On the following kickoff, the Ratz set up a deep defence and relied on clock management. While JFD did get players in scoring position, they were unable to capitalize as the clock ran out on the first half. But… not before a Sepsis the Linerat placed a wicked hit on Kharzor the Blitzer and pierced his jugular.

This act seemed to sober up the JFD squad as their luck really started to change. They organized themselves well enough to pull off a blitz of their own, to start the 2nd half. This unnerved the Ratz, who had trouble fielding the ball… or at least fielding it and then keeping their feet. A mid-field brawl began, and eventually the ball was recovered by JFD in rather accidental fashion.

Khazatek the Longbeard accidently booted the ball. It ricocheted off the back of fellow Longbeard , Khazatuk’s helmet and then managed to get a spike caught in Khazatek’s own facemask. With the ball stuck fast, Khazatek could not see where he was going, but JFD runner, Longleg Khorzi started screaming at Khazatek to RUN!!! As Coach Canneloni explained, “He couldn’t see anything, but he hears the shouts of his comrades. Run! Just run further in this direction!" Try as they may to bring Khazatek down, the Ratz were only able to push him back and forth a bit. Cuspidor the Linerat was hurt in the process, but the team shaman was unable to help him with his reoccurring niggling injury.

And so Khazatek continue to run, all the while being shadowed by Runners Khorzi and Dettlef, who kept yelling at him to “hurry up”. Not even Scuppers, who started this game seemingly stronger and more aggressive than usual, was able to bring him down. And as he crossed into the end zone in the closing seconds of the game, the entire stadium erupted in cheers. Dwarf and Skaven, alike. ”