“Coming in on a 9 match winning streak, confidence was high, perhaps too high. With just a single wolf (the other wolf had to sit it out with his grrrr nonsense niggling injury), the team was top heavy, and it proved critical as the streak was ended and the team suffered its 2nd defeat in the last 22 matches.

It would be incorrect to bemoan bad luck for this loss, as JigerJones had plenty of his own, especially with the Krox who failed a break tackle dodge and threw double skulls. Despite a torrid opening turn for Pig Sty Alley, the stat freak Virgin Amphibian got badly hurt by a block in the 2nd turn, so the game was set up nicely for the Necromantic team.

However the match was decided in 2 consecutive 2nd half turns when, at 1-1, having got the ball loose and marked with the blodge wolf, a non-tackle non-mb block hits a pow (don't they always) and knocked him out. Then the ball is knocked loose and retrieved by Lion's Roar, also a blodger. The non-tackle non-mb blitz hits a pow (don't they all!) and he's also knocked out. With the 2 best players taken out of the play, the momentum swung and it would require outrageous luck to stop the touch down - we didn't - or score an equalizer - we didn't. His player made the 2+ dodge to score, our ghoul failed the 2+ go for it to set up the 3+/3+ pass. Game.

Good fun though!”