“It was a scorchingly hot day at the Skye Public Golf and Bloodbowl Centre, one that would see 53,000 eager fans turn up to witness their local heroes take on the might of last year's World Cup Champions!

The Knuckledusters were much favoured in this matchup, but right from the opening kickoff it was clear that the Royals were here to put up a fight!
Beating their way through the stoic Knuckleduster lines, the Royal drive was eventually halted mere meters from the endzone. The half would end 0-0 as the rest of the period became a desperate and heated midfield contest.

With Melbourne receiving in the second, they stamped their World Cup Champion authority on proceedings, rampaging down the field and scoring. Kicking to Skye, the turned it over and, after another heated struggle, added another to their tally.
The game was well away from the Royals at this point but they bravely battled on. Inspired by the single handed destructiveness of Zac Hambly, the Royals blitzed into the dwindling Knuckduster numbers and came to within inches again of scoring, only be to be stopped at the last by a big grab from Carey, intercepting a pass that would otherwise have surely ended in a down.

Mr. Swan commented after the match:
<i>"Our Genetic Technicians assured us that Simon Black+ would be faster, stronger, and longer lasting than the predecessor model, but he's been killed again. Good news though... we've managed to garner a bit of genetic material from Simon's mangled face, left there by the fist of our opponents' Zac Hambly. I'm sure you all saw what that boy's capable of, eh? We're removing some of the pooncy genes that seem to have escaped our notice in the previous Simon models and will be replacing them with the superior genes that we've found in Zac. The new model has been dubbed Simon White!"</i>

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Great game Kano, thanks. You struggled valiantly and, with a bit of luck in the right places, could easily have added a few TDs of your own! :)”