“First half - OD commits too many players to a crowdpush attempt on my ST5 saurus. Fortunately the attempt fails and since all the players are tied up, he has to score in round 4.

I try to cage the ball through and with several lucky rolls in a row - I get the pows, he gets the snakes - I manage to push deep into his half with most elves lying prone on the ground. The wizard fails spectacularly, missing two sauri and the skinks, but hitting Silibili. Another snake and the path to the 1-1 is open.

Next half starts and I get a bit too careless. The ST5 saurus doesn't manage to pick up the ball and since the elves are flanking my line and are flooding into my half of the pitch, I decide to form a cage and let Toot pick up the ball.

At this point OD stops whining and actually starts to form a good screen to prevent my cage from advancing. In round 3-4, I have to abandon my cage on the side and fall back into my half. Eventually I push forward again, but in round 6 OD marks all of my players and leaps in with his strip ball elf - the ball is cut loose and is protected by a side stepping DT witch.

My best option is to dodge with a block, break tackle, tackle saurus into 2 zones and try to knock the witch down. The dodge fails at first, but succeeds with a reroll. However, the witch is merely pushed away one square.

Fortunately Toot came through (2+ with RR, 2+ with RR, 2+ with RR, 3+ no RR, 4+ no RR) and scored the 2-1.

The elves still have 2 rounds left to score and send about 5 guys (well, 4 guys and 1 girl) deep into my half. I cover all of them and then go for a desperate blitz with silibili on the ball carrier. Apart from the early score in the first half, this was OD second playing mistake in the game, he should have covered the ball a bit better. The 4+ dodge works, as does the 1 die blitz - another pow - and the 4+ pick up. Final round for the darkies - 4 dice and only pushes. Game over.”