“The Lizzies won the toss, and opted to recieve.
The game is played during a sweltering heat.
First Half

Sweltering heat, looks

Set-Up

The Scuttelers set up for a deep defence, the Snakes loads the LoS with Saurii and a Kroxigor. In the backfield there's three Skinks, and another two on the LoS. The offence loads their right side.

Kick-Off

Blitz! Two GR's a Linerat and a Stormvermin makes a wide sweep around the Snakes left, the ball is kicked deep in the left field.

Turn 1:

One rat on the Line is knocked down by the Krox, another pushed back by a Saurus. A skink picks up the ball, under cover of another, and moves it up midfield, where it is screened by saurii and skinks.

Scolded Rat BH's a skink marking him, new player Izi Cas shoots through a hole opened by a knocked down Saurus and blitzes the carrier. Only to slip at the final movement and is BH. (Failed RR'ed GFI)

Turn 2-7:

The rest of the half the snakes spent moving their well protected carrier up to the Endzone, while mauling the rats who jockied for a position to strike from. No such opportunity did present itself though as the density of the population in the rats dugout increased. The rats got crowdsurfed, ejected by the ref and just plain smacked into the ground.

Turn 8:

Mission accomplished for the snakes with only five skaven on the pitch Varanus stepped into the endzone scoring the games first TD.

Set-Up

Sweltering heat had 3 lizzies and one rat collapsing, evening the odds a bit.

The Snakes set up their 7 players wide, the 5 Scuttelers densely packed slightly off center hoping to be able to pull off some pushing to get a OTT.

Kick-Off

The lizards Perfect Defence ended all hopes for the rats to even the score this half.

Second Half

One player on each team had to remain in the shades of the dugout for the next drive, meaning the rats was outnumbered 9-7.

Set-Up

The lizzies put two Saurii and a Kroxigor on the line, two more Saurii in the wide zones and a screen of skings behind. The Rats huddled their line on their left.

Kick-Off

A quick snap pushed the rats slightly forward. The ball fell near the LoS and was caught by the Stormvermin Week Krunchclaw.

Turn 1:

A Saurus was taken down by the dense rat horde, Week blitzed through and used his blocking skills to take down a skink, as the rest of the rats ran through the gap to protect the ballcarrier.

The small group of rats were quickly surrounded by the lizardmen.

Turn 2:

Week is assisted by the GR Scolde Drat and blitzes through the skinks blocking his way to the endzone. He SCORES!

Set-Up

The Scuttelers who now got 8 people on the field, and one suffering from the heat set up a boxed defence in the centerfield, the Snakes load their LoS with Saurii and the Krox, with a overload on their right flank.

Kick-Off

The crowd goes wild due to the tension and the clock runs while the riot is cleared. The ball ends up halfway towards the lizzies End Zone, in their right wide zone.

Turn 3:

The Lizards knocks all the brave linerats on the LoS over, and pushes ahead in the center of the field with their heavy Scales, while three skinks pick up the ball and forms some weak protection around them.

Turn 4:

The Skaven goes around the center and blitzes the skink with the ball, unfortunately both players go down (the skink however is BH), and the ball bounces away from the small group of skaven and skinks.

MISTAKE! I should've stood the downed GR up and had him run around the flank as well. Probably wouldn't have helped, as he couldn't get to the ball, but at least he would've been ready to pounce next turn.

The skinks retrieve the ball and carries it forward past the LoS. Sneek Swifttail, the wrestling GR is marked by two Saurii.

Turn 5:

The rats make a new attack on the new carrier, Sneek stands up, dodges away from his marks and downs the carrier, the ball does end up to a Saurii, and Scolde Drat manages to get there but fails to pick it up. It ends up in two rat TZ's.

The lizzies again retrieves the ball after easily blocking and blitzing the coverage away, and surrounding it with muscle.

Turn 6:

The Scuttelers don't give up, but again goes for the ball, the carrier is downed but, unfortunately so does the blitzer. And the ball bounces in the waiting hands of a saurus who of course catches it.

The lizards pushes Sneek out of the huddle, and Ded Meet goes down together with the saurus blocking him. Ded knocked down, the Saurus stunned.

Turn 7:

Having another go at the ball the rats move some support in and Sneek blitzes, brings the carrier down and the ball bounces on a knocked over skink into the hands of Soong Ooner, another linerat, who catches it! Dodges free!! Goes for it successfully!!! The rats stand up as well as they can to keep the lizards from pursuing the ball!

Achalinus, a Saurus, tries to blitz, but is tripped up while dodging, falls over and suffers a serious concussion.

Turn 8:

Soong Ooner scores!

Setup

Only five out of nine rats manages to get out of the shade, facing 8 Lizardmen. Three linemen on the LoS, and a GR and the thrower deep in their half.

Kickoff

The lizzies have a quick snap, and prepares to try a deep-push OTT.

It however quickly ends with a [SKULL], [SKULL], [SKULL]! And of course no rerolls left.

Rats Win 2-1!

Summary: None of us did any glaring mistakes I think. None of us had horribly good or bad luck. I had a few good rolls where it mattered, but then again I had more then that bad rolls where it would've mattered equally much. Enough attempts at breaking the ball free and eventually you'll get lucky, even if you are outnumbered and the opposition is stronger.

It ain't over until the fat lady sings.
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