PLAYED 21/6/11
After some hefty trash-talking claims by the Coach of the Blisterin Shagfisters and the astounding first game for the Heartless Bastards, a record crowd of 22,000 fans turned up to see the showdown which did not disappoint. It was a brutal spectacle and a dirty, dirty game, but the Bastards emerged victorious and unscathed, leaving the bruised and battered Fisters to ponder just how their game went so wrong.
A shallow right kick-off from the Bastards got the bloodbath rolling, the Fister caging up against a toey Bastard line; but it was Blitzer #2 for the Dark Elves who was able to crack their defenses and sacking Dash Stikkyfingers. Snatched up by the Bastards they sent the ball deep into their own half to let their heavy hitters get to work. It was clear from the get go that the Shagfisters were going to use every dirty trick in the book, but the eagle-eyed ref caught the foul of crowd favourite "Wolfbane" and Journeyman Red Shurt was the first of many Fisters to be sent off.
The Bastards responded with a vicious tacklefest, with Blister #2 hard at it taking out his opposite on the human side, seeing Brik Enface out of the game; and much to the fans' delight, the Bastards' rookie Journeyman earned his stripes with a crippling tackle on Nik "The Screamer" Snatchengo, who howled all the way to the dugout as he clutched his smashed knee. With one tackle the journeyman also earned his name, and "Kneecapper" guaranteed his future with the Bastards.
Flash E Farqueoff returned the favour, kick the still-down "Wolfbane" between the legs so hard he was out of the game and left hugging a bag of ice for the rest of the match.
A dropped pass by the Bastards in the middle of their half gave the Fister fans something to cheer about, but the Dark Elves quickly swarmed and carried off the ball, with Tough Bastard getting the pass in to fan fave "Trollhammer" who dashed across the line late in the first half.
Both sides were somewhat diminished as their formed up on the scrimmage line, with 9 Dark Elves squaring up against 7 Humans, but there was too little time left for the Fisters drive to come good and both teams limped off the field.
The hard hitting tactics from the Heartless Bastards and the keen eyes of the refs kept the foul-happy Fisters short of quite a few good men, and in the second half the lack of numbers really began to show. the crowd was behind the humans, with a rock to Hard Bastard's skull momentarily taking him out of the action, but the Fisters weren't helped when Slymon "Grandpa" Abletoss tripped over his own bootlaces and went down so hard he smashed his hip; the Bastards capitalised on the opening to score early in the second, with blitzer Tough Bastard going over the line for the glory.
With five off the pitch the Fisters really couldn't form up a solid play; Brik Enface needing to rely on a bit of crowdsurfing encouragement to finally take Hard Bastard out of action, but in the end it was for nothing. The Fisters broke through the dark elf line of defense, but its snapped shut around the ball carrier and eventually found its way into Tough Bastard's hands, after a pickup in the tackle zone, dodge and pass to fleet-footed Dirty Bastard, who score the last Touchdown of the day.
MVPs went to Dirty Bastard for the TD and to Brik Enface for his fancy blitzer-throwing maneuvers. All in all a great day of Blood Bowl if you're a pointy-eared bastard!
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