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Easy Mode have all but eliminated Bribery and Corruption from the SWL twice before, a pair of monsters that haunt the regionals and revel in the destruction of young teams just trying to get ahead. They won the toss a 3rd time against us. Rigged! Sadly, no tacklers were harmed in the making of this production.

Their ball, Intimidation tried, Anarchy ready to be unleashed, they loaded the line and removed two, then Nobbla rushed, announced Corruption was done, and so he was, out for the day. Anarchy grabbed Chris into our cage, Conspiracy saw off Nobbla, and the ref saw off Dirty Pool as the killer was KO'd.

Roll doubles, Dirty Pool, roll doubles.

They caged up, Anarchy tearing it to shreds, Bribery clearing a path, Thieving for the ball and ... tripped. Stunning! The Journo tripped, Anarchy woke him up, then Intimdation saw off the B&C. Madness. With three gobs and a troll left, they passed and ran it in.

1 troll and 7 gobs, our ball, but Blitz! Mushoomy refusing Hush Money and downing Kickbacks before we got started. Still, ball to Fraud, away, went for it to clear the chase, and tripped. The Journo out of a sticky spot and hid on the sideline as goblins crashed to the pitch everywhere. Bribery was momentarily confused about the surf. Then mushoomy killed Fraud dead, until the Apo got to him, and they fumbled a pass just barely in reach.

Kickbacks to the ball, hard to stop, pass, but the Journo intercepted. Hush Money on him knocked down, no chances here, Hush Money took out a tackler the right way and that was us down 2.

Still, the ref gave us a chuck, never give up, except their kicker put us out of reach again and again, Scrub, we tried to hurt him, not to be.

5 gobs and a troll for the 2nd. Hmm. Still, just 10 of them and only 4 tacklers. Nepotism fumbled the pass, JPM hooked a scatter, Thieving got it back and Nepotism away with it! Mushoomy lost his feet and we in.

4 gobs and a troll, them back to 11. Their ball, someone rocked Kickbacks, they scored. Same again, our ball, Kickbacks away, lost his feet too. They fumbled the recovery, Kickbacks to Thieving and in. End of the game, surely.

But no, once more unto the line quoth the ref. Nepotism was ... badly hurt, huh. The team is in good order. We lost, but scored a couple, and survived it. The biggest Goblins ever just got a little bigger, in heart. If only we'd killed some tacklers!

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