“The Riot won the toss and elected to start with the ball in front of a swarming crowd of 91,000.

The kick went wide and was gathered by Hullabaloo who ran it forward to Commotion as the Riot rush headed left, a series of desperate attempts made to sideline the Mummy Jeanie and clear a path to the line. In the brawl Turmoil sustained a game-ending injury but Jeanie went crowdwards was ko'd.

Commotion's run made ground until the ball was stripped by Gandolf. Commotion resumed and Gandolf was encouraged crowdwards by warrior Pulped Mess. Commotion surged for the line until a jinking run and shoulder charge from Merlin again spilt ball and beast. This invited some heavy treatment of Merlin as Commotion again recovered amidst a thin Riot scrum that blocked his way to the line.

Late in the first half the return kick went deep to be recovered by Merlin and thrown to Veyfire who ran into a scrum of zombies within sight of the line. The beast defence closed with tackler Ruckus and warrior Pulped Mess marking the ball carrier. By Veyfire's blockers cleared space on the left for him to sprint for the line..only to watch Veyfire crash at speed on the way over the line.

The second half started with a wide kick and a well-aimed rock from the Riot fans sending the newly conscious Mummy Jeanie back to la-la land. Merlin recovered behind a screen of zombies running right. The Riot attacked the screen and the Mummy Glenda with little ground given on either side. The Wizard offence switched the right with a handoff to Veyfire with a thin screen of Zombies. Ruckus made short work of Veyfire's run dropping the ghoul in a horned charge and sending the ball over the line. The crowd tossed it back centre on the Wizard's side where Hullabaloo made a poor attempt at diving on it. Instead Merlin regathered only to find his go-to men flat on the pitch and Clash'n'Wail's shoulder crashing into his helmet.

But again Merlin recovered only to fumble a throw to clear. This time it was Hijinks who clattered into Merlin as Clash'n'Wail tried in vain to collect the loose ball. Again Merlin recovered this time to bring himself down trying to sprint the ball away. Bedlam fell on the loose ball and gathered at speed, flinging it short to Clash'n'Wail who ran in the score.

The Riot's defence came up perfect as their third kick landed near the middle of the Wizard's half. This time it was gathered by a zombie as the Wizards ran left. The throw forward went predictably wild and landed right by the feet of speedster Maelstrom, who collected it and raced for the line, clear of the Riot screen as the last seconds of game time ran down. But Maelstrom was clattered by an awesome charge from a Zombie and Merlin regathered cleanly and dodged away to hit a long bomb to the waiting Veyfire to make it 2-1.”