“Never give up hope. Well, not completely.

First half, I just watched aghast as I got pitch cleared. But although that was done and dusted in about 4 turns, everyone apart from Kevin Coldtree was just KO'd, and they came back. Turn 8 there was no chance of a score, so we killed one goblin and badly hurt another. Kreek managed to not get banned by the ref, so I was in some serious trouble.

Second half, the only thing I didn't need was a blitz. And there was a blitz. But when Poo Eater double skulled and failed his reroll, it was thumping time, and although we couldn't reach the glory of the Monkeys' first half, we got them down to two players (Howling Foulin Howard dodged to his death, taken down by his own shoelaces)

So after 8 turns, scored to take it to overtime. The remaining 2 players that started turn 8, were the only ones left for the third half, and I had enough 3d blocks to eventually keep that scary Chimp down. Waltzed in for the score, having had to resist the temptation to run back and foul the troll.

Thanks for the match. Not sure my brain will recover for a while...”