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A Public Service Announcement. Goblins are tricky, spoilers, he said, and it's true enough, but perhaps not today.

Our ball, Anarchy unleashed, Extortion tried, nothing much on as Kickbacks spilled the ball. They mark up, Corruption brings skulls to start, loner. The skulls are shared with them too, allowing a recovery throw into Secrecy, who next sees off the Night Patrol, as Dirty Pool stomps out the Violent Tango. Finally a Conspiracy to fail everything saw us short, despite Masochist taking one to the face.

No bribes here, tiny Chaos not worthy, Kickbacks suffering the heat, 9 gobs looked to stop the PSA. Intimidation found their cage all too tempting, lobbed the perfect bomb, though again a Conspiracy to not dodge was in play. Thieving and Corruption cleared the way, but Nepotism couldn't pick up, but nor could the Love Machine. What a mess, and Thieving away with it, but pressure to score.

9 gobs again, then 6, Kickbacks worked on to recover. We tried to pin them, just too few. Then Bribery confused the question of a win.

Now overtime. Still 9 gobs and the ball, but a perfect defence and deep kick, we gave ourselves half a chance, but it wasn't to be. Corruption tried for the stop, or the lobbed tackler, but it's a big ask for a troll. No spoilers here, our cup was a short one, like our team.

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