“This was a strange match. I doubt that the replay will work well at all, due to numerous disconnections. I don't think that the wood elves managed to break the orc armour more than two or three times in the whole match, but the reverse certainly was not the case ;-)

The apothecary was used early in the first half to prevent a niggling injury on Sleeping Bear. Immediately afterwards, was the first death - Stinging Bee was mistaken for a fly, and was squished. Amidst all of the chaos, the ball somehow found its way into the hands of Flapping Duck, who passed it on to Laughing Baboon for a touchdown in around turn 4 of the first half - just after a second death - Solid Snake, and our first disconnect. (It worked way better the first time I tell you) ;-).

Some seemingly suicidal moves kept the orcs at bay for the remainder of the half - we even came close to a second touchdown ourselves! (but not that close).

The second half saw the orcs pull off a fine blitz, bringing three of their players awfully close to the ball. All seemed lost, until a lucky bounce left it free for Silent Owl to swoop in and collect it. Some fairly traditional wood elf play left the ball carrier far too deep in the orcish half for them to reach, bringing the score to 2-0 after the second turn.

By this time, the elves were really getting low on numbers, with only 7 left on the pitch. There wasn't really much of a chance of stopping the orcs this time, but they tried some fairly suicidal plays, and freed up the ball! Sadly, Stalking Wolf fumbled the pass leaving the field open for the orcs to bring in a solitary touchdown as the game drew to a close.”