“Our orcs face slex's higher rated chaos. They have a +STR chaos warrior and a claw/RSC beastman - could be dangerous! We get a single handicap of bribe the ref.

We kick and roll up a blitz! With neither team bothering to cover the sidelines (they were eyeing each other up for an old-fashioned central brawl) the ball is going to land uncontested a few squares into their half. We rush our AGI4 blitzer and half the team in to catch our own kick! What a start!

They KO our troll on their first turn but on our official first turn we manage to KO their claw/RSC beastie with a gang foul! They soon have the ball blitzed free and then stolen back. Two turns in a row we get an assister by the ball carrier but fail a dodge or GFI attempting the 2d blitz. They then manage the breakthrough with a series of dodges (no rerolls left) that leaves us unable to knock over the ball carrier. Once again he has to dodge without reroll backup but again he proves nimble, and with our own rerolls all burnt up again we trip on a GFI trying to reach him and he makes it 1-0 on turn 7.

With 2 turns til half time we blitz through a single orc within reach of the endzone while also fielding our troll+gobbo ready for a toss downfield. They knock over the blitzer forcing us to try for the TTM attempt... but our troll attempts to EAT the goblin! Luckily he squirms free.

Lets hope the 2nd half goes better. We manage our first cas of the game when our MB blitzer badly hurts their claw beasty (not the RSC one though), they then pile in for a gang DP foul (stun) and we charge after the claw/RSC beasty for a KO. Our troll then manages double skulls vs their troll resulting in his DEATH (regen fail) so we spend the apo to save his sorry ass. Meanwhile our AGI4 sure hands blitzer has fumbled the pickup, then manages to get blitzed over TWICE by dodging super beastmen, before he finally double 1s a GFI to provide an assist near the halfway line. The chaos dodge a beastman to the endzone, then dodge a chaos warrior over to the ball, pick it up and make the 5+ long pass and catch for a touchdown that will surely secure them the win!

We move forwards slowly for the last few turns, looking for a consolation TD, and fouling out a few chaos players (using our bribe at last), but despite outnumbering them they prove unstoppable, and manage a crazy blitz and ball pickup on turn 7. We can't knock him over so on turn 8 he makes a series of dodges and then his second 5+ long pass of the game to make it a 3-0 drubbing. Ouch!

Well won Slex... wouldn't have predicted this after that first turn blitz!!!
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