“What can I say? The dice loved me the first half.

Game starts and both BooAhl's nigglers decide they don't want to play (you'd think they'd save their excuses for the next match, against the Dwarfs). BooAhl however forces his AG 5 Gutter Runner out on the pitch.

The first turn, Helena High kicks. Blitz! I can smell a hard-fought game coming. BooAhl gets over my line, gets up a "sort of" cage and catches the ball with the AG 4 ST 4 Thrower. Ouch. Some blocking later, I open path for my Dauntless Horns Block Tackle CLAW Gutter Runner to blitz the thrower...

CLAW used on armor roll.
(4, 2) + 2, (5, 6) + 0, 1: Mac has been badly hurt!

Lucky or what?

Dodge into the cage, recover ball, dodge out, pass upfield. Ball is mine. BooAhl elects to ignore the remote chance he has to get to it still (a dodge and 2 GFI with a lino) and tries to take down and foul Mr Claw. Thankfully he fails the dodge with his DP after using the re-roll to take down the Claw. Oof!

So, 1 - 0 up. Good luck continues as the Rat Ogre fails a 3d block (the first of many) and the Claw blitzes the Guard Tackle Mighty Blow (Scary) Storm Vermin. Uses Claw to beat AV... Badly Hurt. At this point I get the idea that Nuffle is spectating the match and has decided that He likes me.

At the end of the half, with much more of the same I am 3 - 0 up. BooAhl strikes back at the start of the second half with some good play after I fail to cover all bases and go aggressive too fast (who wouldn't with that kind of lead and luck?). My Claw GR fails to get the opposing GRs down six times running. Hmm. Oh well he already proved his worth ten times over. BooAhl scores following that.

Next kick, it starts to rain. Gutter Runner tries to pick up the ball - re-roll - drops it. BooAhl runs in, needs to re-roll a GFI, picks up the ball in a TZ in the rain (with AG 5 so all's fair) and then fails the dodge away from the Claw Tackle GR (yay Tackle!). Cover the bases, blitz TZ away, pick up ball, passupfield, score. 4 - 1.

BooAhl scores back after the Claw and the other Dauntless Horns do some elite combo double skulling on the GR with the ball two turns running (second turn after the Rat Ogre fails his umpteenth block). BooAhl fouls the Claw as a way of saying "Thank you for trying" before scoring the next turn - I was surprised he didn't set more assists to do it. After all, that little bugger is just BEGGING for it.

Match ends 4 - 2. All the luck was mine in the first half. I had some bad luck in the second, but BooAhl's wasn't any better.

Off to the semis to beat the dwarfs, and then it's the Nandies. I beat them once, I'll do it again! Rawr!”