“My opponents had 9 mighty blow players. This was a tough game that I was apprehensive about playing but, never one to shy away from a challenge, I went for it anyway.

My fear looked justified after a dire opening for VVV with the warriors slow to get out the blocks. They ran into a wall of dwarves but the problem that BudSpencer had was his lack of pace. Only a lone runner in the team meant that as soon as the maul broke up a bit, with a few players like Eye of the Storm and Aeternus Eternus requiring the attention of multiple opponents, he couldn't consolidate his position when he attacked the ball carrier and the ball broke loose. Instead the more mobile beastman got back, recovered it, and Fourteenth Horseman broke free to score with miles of space between him and the nearest dwarf. In the process, there was a lot of failed dwarf dodging - the team has trained excessively in the stand firm skill - which brought down the "luck" of the team considerably.

In the melee, Persistance stomped on and killed star blitzer Jacob Grimm but it was nothing the apothecary couldn't handle. The fans, furious at the dirty play, threw a rock at Titan (he's big and easy to hit) but failed to hurt him.

The score came at a cost. The dwarves had beaten up Vinco Vici Victum and 3 players were too hurt to make it out for the second half, and another remained knocked out. Down 2 players, the rowdy chaos fans threw their own rock and it knocked out the sole dwarf runner, causing a big problem for BudSpencer who had to reorganize his attack.

Aztec slipped through two tackle zones to cause a problem knocking down Jacob Grimm and sending the ball loose, but then got pinned on the sideline. The dwarves recovered and Grimm regained the ball. Semper Fi used that ungainly claw of his to decapitate Joschka Fischer, which seemingly stunned the dwarves momentarily as they failed a few actions at this point in the game.

During this passage of play, Seeker had got in around the back. Two dwarves got to him, but his foul appearance kept them off him. He then slipped out and knocked down Jacob Grimm, stunning him. This was the pivotal point of the half as the dwarves failed to recover fully from it. Some luck was required though, and it arrived when a dwarf failed a block and Aztec picked himself up to grab the ball and run clear to win the game.

There was still time for stalwart warrior Eye of the Storm to be pushed into the crowd but they were too scared of him and let him walk casually back to the dugout. Titan would be the target of some gang fouls but he's tough and managed to escape with only minor injuries.”