“Clearly the weather table has a sense of humour as we played with Sweltering Heat on the hottest day of 2017 so far (for the UK at least). The ladies definitely struggled with the temperature more than the Orcs.

I sometimes forget that this can look like a scary team for dodge-oriented opponents due to the large number of players with Tackle (which requires very little skill on my part to be effective), and so it proved, with a string of unlucky rolls meaning the Amazons sort of did my job for me by falling over and knocking themselves out. Having a significant advantage in bodies made it relatively easy to run in a couple of touchdowns. Respect due to my opponent for taking it on the chin without grumbling, though. ”