“Their team broken, beaten, outnumbered, the Tombification were resigned to the inevitable equaliser and, if anything, a little relieved that SunDevil was orchestrating a stall rather than scoring and pressing for a likely winner.

"No!" screamed an imaginary voice from the non-existent lungs of Tibia. Only 3 opposing players to dodge past on a lone mission to tackle the pestigor that had made a break to wait at the scoreline.

Setting off past the first tackle and the crowd gasps as Tibia stumbles. With coach and peers in vociferous support, he regains his balance and evades the outstretched arms. Tibia picks up pace moving to the second opponent, skips over the attempted trip then ducks under the swinging arm of the third opposing player. The pestigor turns but only in time to see a rampant skeleton appear out of nowhere and lunge two footed right into his chest. The animal falls limply to the ground, badly hurt, and releases the ball into a wild crowd, screaming in rapturous approval at the improbable sight of an agile star player skeleton.

"Ti-bi-a! Ti-bi-a! Ti-bi-a!"”