“WIL Season XXI - Round 6

2nd last game of the season; if we can secure a win here it will be a play-off for first place between us and the lizards in round 7.

We receive first and push past their perfect defence, getting the ball into their half on T2. They get the first cas of the game right afterwards, MNG'ing a top zombie (no regen) and straight after that score a KILL on our +STR ghoul.. argh! That's 220 TV removed already!

We manage to MNG a rookie lineorc but are in major trouble on the ball here with several stuns sitting on the ground. They rush in and get a few dice on the ball carrier, but luckily can't knock him over. We make some space and score while we can with 2 GFIs and a reroll just about covering it.

1-0 up but down to 11 players for the game while they still have the wizard and chainsaw to unleash.. this is going to be difficult! They collect the ball and score a -AV injury on a wight (luckily he regens!) and we counter by niggling their already niggled BoB, before unleashing a 2d blitz on the ball! They recover well, and pass the ball to a blitzer who can run right down one side of the pitch.... til he trips on a GFI!

We steal the ball with a ghoul... and they unleash their wizard... but both ghouls nearby dodge the fireball!! A black orc then makes a dodge to blitz the ghoul with the ball, but can only pick both-down to fall over. We make space with our final reroll and make the short pass to our ghoul near their end zone to make it 2-0.. what a fortunate turnaround!

Their saw has now been sent off, and to add to it a sudden spell of heat just before half time hits both teams hard - 4 players each! Ours includes a wight, a ghoul and a mummy while they get stuck with both throwers out. It's 7 vs 6 as we kick off the 2nd half - an unusual start! They immediately make it 6 vs 6 with a KO on the LOS while their gobbo has caught the high kick.

T2 and we have a wight by their gobbo and when they reroll a push vs a ghoul trying to tackle him over for an injury they get themselves some double skulls! We knock over the gobbo and get the ball, but it's only for a turn as they smash us back into the ground. Still, we are keeping them in their half and the turns are ticking down so it's ok. T6 and the teams exchange fouls, though theirs are working far better - scoring a KILL on a wight (regen!) while we fail to break armour.

We manage to blitz the gobbo with the ball again, slowing them down enough to prevent them from scoring this half, and the rest of the half passes without further incident (except a MNG on a blitzer with our final block of the game).

GG Catalyst32! Unpredictable one!”