“"You can't score without the ball" is a saying often heard in the pre-match coach's talk, and the greenskins took this to heart. The start of the first half saw the greenskins with ball safe in-hand and rushing a nervous looking front line of the lizards. A spirited defence managed to keep the greenskins from pushing too far forward, and it look like at one point that the lizards may sneak through to score a cheeky TD. The Greenskins played a wonderful counter defensive move and before the skink had taken two steps he was in hospital and the ball back in a green hand. The rest of the half played out with the lizard pushing all their defence into one area of the pitch and choking the offensive side into a stand still.

0-0 Half time.

The second half started with a flourish and the lizards managed to push back the greenskin front line, pick up the ball and get into aggressive attacking field positions. This of course in many games was a false sense of security and the lizardmen were surrounded by greenskins. The game progressed slowly over the next few turn-overs until there was the slightest of chances for a skink.....a dodge, a risky pick-up, a dodge and then the final sprint for the TD. 1 - 0 but at a cost of another skink; the lizardmen are down to 7 players...1 skink, 6 saurus and 3 turnovers to play.

The ball is kicked high and long and drops into the greenskins end-zone and doesn't out. It's going to take a lot to get it from one end to the other in 3 turns.

A rushing greenskin offensive turn makes little work of the lizard men and there is a hole, a mile wide, in the lizards defensive line. Only time well tell and quickly it's the last turn of the match. The ball still in the greenskins half but safely in-hand. With a stroll through the gap and only a short throw what could go wrong.....the pass is good and the catch, oh the catch! It's fumbled and the final whilst goes only to see the lizardmen hang onto a 1-0 win.

As the coaches walk off both feel nervous about how close the match was and how easily the match could have / should have gone differently!”