“Great match. Went overboard on the fouls after we got a free bribe, and ended up killing a rookie Witch Elf, which Bunce felt quite bad about. For a fleeting moment.

Won the coin toss, opted to receive in the hope that the Professor would stack up some good hits. But then there was a blitz, and I made the mistake of trying to retaliate with The Professor, who then rolled double skulls as my first dice of the game, and failed to reroll.

So there I was bemoaning my dreadful dice, and then every time I hit an elf, I knocked them out or killed them. We got going after we were 1-0 down and got a cage of rats close to the end zone, and scored - on reflection, they should have dawdled a bit because it gave the elves time to go 2-1 at the half.

Second half was again, something of a slugfest, Scrunch getting surfed off the pitch and a desperate attempt to get the ball away eventually failing and leading to the 3-1 score. But this was a game where we gave our best, and if we couldn't beat them, we could certainly beat them up.”