“A strange game, looked at one point as if there might be a double pitch clearance!

The Amazonian ladies opted to receive the kick. They had noted that the Elves had only brought 11 players to the match and hoped to swing the odds in their favour a bit before half-time.

Running the ball along the sideline brought a lot of players from both sides into prime surfing position. And so it proved. By turn four Rhonda and Sarah had a casualty each and two other elves had left the field, unhurt, to sign autographs. Tina had been viciously stabbed by Brais, but what initially seemed serious was deemed "merely a flesh wound" by the attending apo. The elven turn four saw the boot on the other foot as India was ko'd, to be joined shortly after by Rhine. In the sixth turn, as the ladies steadily approached the end zone, Rhonda got rowdy again, hurting an elven lineman so badly that the doctor initially thought he might be dead.

The girls scored next turn, which was just as well since they were down to six players while the elves had only four. 1-0

The elves wanted to get in on the action before half-time though and used the last two turns of the half to seriously injure Tammy and badly hurt Rhine who had only just recovered from her ko. The Creek team was not to be outdone and in the last turn of the half killed the star witch elf, Roi II, before grabbing Gael's shoelaces sending him crashing to the turf badly hurt.

This left only six brave elves to receive the ball - the Amazons plan had worked better than they could have dreamed. Nuffle then really overplayed his hand, allowing a very short kick to coincide with a "perfect defence". The plucky elves were in trouble from the off and despite some brilliant dodging it was mere moment before Tina seriously injured the ball-carrier. The desperation dump-off from two tackle zones into two tackle zones worked, but didn't leave many escape routes. The elves started turn 3 with the ball, but with only two standing players out of four. To the Amazons ten! After more incredible dodging a pass was attempted, only to be plucked from the air by Lindsey. After that the second score was a formality. 2-0.

Just five elves were able to answer the bell in turn six of the second half and even a "quick snap" wasn't enough to help them after a short pass was fumbled. For the second time in the match Tina mistook her extra strength for skill at blocking and knocked herself out on a "both down", but when the resulting elven pick up was muffed India was there to swoop in and dash for the line 3-0.

The elves finished the match with three badly hurt, two seriously injured and one dead, while the bikini-clad ladies had a badly hurt and a serious injury.
The scoreline definitely flattered the girls who were clearly basking in Nuffle's great light today.

A really fun match with a great opponent who took it all in good spirits...

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