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1. 1. NWFL Ssn X, Game 4

Basically a rookie team*, the Generals took their 670k in Inducements and invested in two things the Norse had no reliable answer to - Morg, and a 'Saw (backed up by a Bribe).

(* 11 players (inc. a Death Roller!), MB on a Blitzer and Trollslayer, and Guard on a lino.)

Lindisfarne chose to receive, and the Snow Troll managed to Stun Morg while they moved the deep kick up toward midfield on that same side. The dwarf 'Saw blitz failed, and the Norse changed sides of the field Turn 2 but, unfamiliar with the Death Roller, failed to fully account for St 7 Break Tackle. But the 3+ roll failed (and the Loner wasted the RR), and the 'Sons handed off for an atypical early T3 score to force the Bribe for either the Saw or the DR, up 1-0.

The Generals chose to keep the Death Roller on the field for the rest of the half, and with only the 'Saw out easily fielded 11 facing 11. Early double Skulls RR'd to the same allowed the Norse to pressure the backfield Turn 4. The Dwarves recovered, but, after seeing their DR KO'd (and so doomed to be banned for the game) by the Snow Troll, the Dwarves (despite no RR) felt forced to try a 4+ Pass to Morg, who dropped the catch to end Turn 5.

There followed 2 Turns of dogfight for the ball, then the Norse had their own no-RR chance to pass to score, but failed the GFI for a better range. The Dwarves had a last odds-against T8 scoring chance with a long Ag 3 scoop and pass, but Morg failed his lone GFI to get into the endzone before it could be tried, half ends 1-0.


2nd Half the only players out were the two Secret Weapons, so 10 dwarves + Morg faced an intact Norse starting lineup. A short kick near the Norse Snow troll spelled a tense moment, but a High Kick and a 5+ catch avoided any complications there. The Generals pushed up one side but were swarmed and stone-walled, so swung back and toward midfield, but not out of Break Tackle Blitz by an Ulf, who not only popped the ball but caught it. Without support he was easy prey to start Turn 3, but the ball was left loose on the 8 and immediately double-marked by Norse, and by the end of Turn 4 the 'Sons had the ball free and clear. Stalling for the next 3 turns, they put it in the hands of a 3 spp rookie 'Zerk, but a careless and needless miscount left him within range of a no-RR double GFI, which Powed for the Stun - no second score, no skill, but Sons win 1-0.”