“In an action packed match between these two sides, it was the newcomers who opened the scoring. An early blitz before kick-off saw a wave of Gutter-runners over-run the Academic's half and with the defence unable to cope, Rooney was able to jink through and score.

The Chaos Dwarves replied later in the half through the promising centaur, Clarabelle, who capitilized on a favourable bounce and rushed through unopposed to level the match.

The first half was definately not one for the faint hearted with both Terry of the Chaos Dwarves and Vidic of the Skaven being smunched into an early grave. Later in the game, The Academics' erratic Minotaur, Reg, attempted a last gasp blitz to try and open the line but Carrick, the rookie lineman, countered superbly and landed a devastating and ultimately lethal blow!

FUMBBL newcomers, Innit to Winnets, could have scored the decisive touchdown at the death but in true bloodbowl fashion, 2 failed pick up attempts meant the game finished 1 a piece - A fair reflection on a hard-fought game. ”