“For those looking for hard hitting and carnage, the Winnipeg/Rottawa tilt did not disappoint. Expecting as much, Winnipeg used their extra cash to load up on an extra apothecary, a beastly babe, and a bag of gold for the referee. Rottawa lost the coin toss and Winnipeg elected to receive.

From the get go, the Bombers started laying out Rottawa players left and right. Stian Edvin died on the first turn on LoS duty as his team mates were stunned and knocked out all around him. Winnipeg huddled up and brought the ball in behind the wall. In retaliation, Rottawa took Chris Greaves out of the game and then swarmed the Bombers, coming in from all sides. Tom Clawments blitzed Buck Pierce from behind and took him down. The ball dropped into the centre of the massive scrum and sat there a few turns as pure chaos ensued. In the melee Pierce and and another goat were badly hurt and four Ottawa players were knocked out. Mino Chris Walby pushed an Ottawa player onto the ball, bouncing it right into Ken Klawmanns hands. He handed off to Clawments, and he was off and free. Meanwhile, the scrum kept going right until turn eight when Clawments high-stepped it in for the score. Unfortunately, Whit Sucker the ghoul was killed in the melee.

Rottawa received for the second half, but the failure of any KO'ed players to wake up and the two deaths meant fielding 7 players versus 9. The Rough Risers set out to score a quick second touch down and charged up the side lines. As more Rottawa players continued to end up on the pitch or out, Clawments made a daring blitz to break out into open field. He was able to hold off the Winnipeg blitz and score for a 2-0 lead.

Rottawa was able to wake up a few players and was able to field 10 to try and stop Winnipeg. They concentrated on bashing skulls and slowing Winnipeg enough to avoid two scores. Jerry Clampwell, with an embalming fluid tear in his eye in memory of gentle Abe Alofmygutz and those fallen that night, put a devestating block on Obby Khan. Finally seeing the light, Khan decided to join Rottawa as unresuscitated free agent. Winnipeg's Buck Pierce, back from the healing hands of the apoth, was able to blitz the ball in for a score.

A riot ensued in the later stages of the game as blood hungry fans stormed the field, but it was not enough for Winnipeg.

Final 2-1 Rottawa


This was wildly entertaining and frustrating all at the same time. Thanks for another enjoyable match PD.”