Hashutites 2
Greenheart, Fharlock Dyingfeet
Bognor Bograts 0
Hashutites won the prelude to next week's SUPERLEAGUE IX with a convincing and ominous victory over the Bognor Bograts, wrapping up the No.1 seed along with gaining revenge for their one and only defeat this season in the process in s true blood bowl contest.
In the pouring rain, it was Hashuties who received the ball and with quick thinking, shifted their defensive line to suit a deep lying formation of the rats, but a failed pick up from Hobbo Gnash Greenheart deep in his own half allowed the Bograts defensive line the first real play of the game.
Rat Ogre Rogre Breaknut sprung to life from deep and punched a hole in the Hashitites line creating the space for gutter runner Head-Lyhce Creep to break through and put pressure on the ball, but with Marnack Darkstabber covering back, the bull centaur ruthlessly quashed Creeps advancements, while the leagues No.1 ranked player, Urken Burntfoot, attempted to clear the forward lines.
When Rogre Breaknut was disposed of, the Bograts defensive line was in tatters and with one flanking movement in a vain attempt, the Bograts in typical skaven fashion, rushed ball carrier Greenheart only for Gruyff Rhiyz-Jones to be expertly palmed off, not once but twice by Greenheart and the initiative had swung in favour of Hashutites.
Their two bull centaurs began to ground down the Bograts defence, which was helpless to the advancement. Things turned sour when storm vermin, Snabyi Bruiser, was taken off seriously concussed deep in Bograts terriotory, and the Bograts final line of defence had evaporated.
By the time Greenheart had opened the scoring with a unopposed run in on the stroke of half time, the Bograts defence had seen 4 serious injuries and 3 KO's. It was an ominious half of expert blocking from the ruthless Hashutites and a stark reality check for the beleagured Bograts.
With only 8 players to start the half, the decimated Bograts left the receiving duties to gutter runner Snablutch Slobber, while an offensive line of just 3 tried to hold off the red wall that faced them. Linerat, Leeose Chitter, wrestled Minotaur Ferdinand to the ground and in doing so Slobber seized his opportunity as he passed to fellow runner Patcho Sneezefest and dashed towards the stricken Ferdinand on the half way line with Sneezefest following suit to join in as Slobber took the bull by the horns (quite literally) in a blatant attempt of fouling the prone Ferdinand only to be ejected to roars of disapproval from the crowd.
This was a red rag to the bull, as Ferdinand in a frenzied rage leapt up and with full force, horns and all, tossed the hapless Sneezefest at least 6 feet off the ground with the ball unknowingly landing in the hands of the raging bull who in a continued combination, swept aside lineman Chitter and ran off towards the Bograts end zone still with ball in hand.
The remaining Bograt players on the pitch had seen enough and leaving the uncontrollable cow alone, thought best to pick on someone their own size, this time, Sneezefest, who'd come to his senses made another blatant foul under the noses of the refs, subsequently killing Hashutites number one slave Toxm Darkgreen. This enraged the Dwarfs as the ref turned a blind eye and took it upon themselves to rid the vermin from the pitch entirely, these actions saw both hobbo Hejami Bonecatcher along with blocker Gharakk Steelfan ejected.
But while this was happening, down field, Ferdinand had came to his senses, realised he'd got the ball and not really knowing where he was, handed off the ball to a grateful Fharlock Dyingfeet who'd tried to keep up with the rampaging bull and in doing so walked in for the games second touchdown as the full time whistle went to end a game of true blood bowl carnage and whet the appetite for the up and coming superleague final.
MVP - Ferdinand, his second half performance was a joy to behold.
Up next, both teams must dust themselves down and go again against each other in the superleague IX final.
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