“Our gobbos face PeteW's new ogre team, though unfortunately terrible winnings last game mean no chainsaw :( The fans must be sad :(

We start by receiving the kick and a canny troll blitz knocks over ogre Emphasy for our DP's shiny new oversized boot! But despite 6 assistants he can only KO the ogre and get himself sent off :(

The play continues for a few turns and at one point I'm not sure i'll be able to escape when our gobbo on the ball is pushed to the sideline and then surrounded by 5 enemy players! But stunty dodging goes my way and we manage to nip through with the ball. Then a turn of pain happens- one of our goblins badly hurt followed by one of theirs SI'd, and then we are able to BH + SI another 2 goblins on our following turn! The final SI was a risky foul with the eye on us that means our ballcarrier can safely score to take the lead.

2nd half starts and they have just 2 gobbos- we roll up a blitz and charge all our goblins through - managing to get a both-down and knock out one of them. This lets us surround the ball (after a comedy turn where the ogres decide to all stand around scratching themselves) and run in the 2nd touchdown.

The ogres have 2 gobbos once again but now one of our trolls is resting in the KO box. This time they are able to mount a good attack, pushing forward very steadily. We try again and again to swarm the ball carrier but despite more stunty dodgin goodness can never manage to knock him down and they score to make it 2-1 with just a couple turns to go. However our thrown gobbo attempt ends in a fumble.

Good game PeteW! Hopefully you get some other opponent in black box eventually :P”