“Having played a series of clawed opponents in recent matches and emerged unscathed, the 'Saws players were in bullish mood ahead of this one and paid a heavy price for their overconfidence.

In an early phase of the game, just before our only touchdown, first a 1 assist foul badly hurt star blitzer Scorcha, before Wispy went down and out of the game on a failed dodge. The next action, a block on Last Man Standing, permanently broke him.

Pretty much every armour roll resulted in a player leaving the field, with no more than 1 or 2 stuns all game. The apothecary failed Last Man Standing offering only death as an alternative (a familiar story lately), regeneration failed Orb, and the game was summed up by the opening turn of the 2nd half as just 4 orcs were reduced to 1, no claw required.

The decision must now be made whether to push Orb over the legend line, with just 6spp remaining.”