RCBBL Orcs vs Dark elves

Today the last match of the first round was played. My Orcs the Bearwood Brawlerz took on the Dark elves, Slap and Tickle FC.

10,000 Slap and Tickle fans and 60,000 Brawlerz fans turned up for the match giving the Brawlerz the edge on crowd support.
The elves won the toss and elected to receive the ball

Rallied by their fans both teams got a re roll and the ball was kicked off.  Unfortunately for the Orcs it sailed off thr pitch giving the Elves a touch back. The ball was passed to a runner and the game began.

The Elves try to break through the Orc line 

The witch elf helped bash an Orc Lineman out of the way for the runner to make a break for it. The rest of the Dark Elf team did their best to tie up the other Orc players so their runner had the best chance.

The runner spots a lovely route through the Orc players and scores! 

The runner exploited a hole on the Orc tackle zones and he dashed through to score!

Slap and Tickle FC 1 - 0 Bearwood Brawlerz

The sides reset to go again. The was ball kicked off. The the Orc thrower scooped it up and passed it to the Orc Blitzer. The black Orcs bashed a hole in the Dark Elf line and the Blitzer dashed through.
The Dark Elves had been frustrated that they couldn't get the Orcs to stay down, they even had a blitzer sent off for a foul! So a cheer rang out when they stunned an Orc lineman

The Orc blitzer made it over the half way line before being tackled by Dark Elf doing the ball in the middle of a a scrum of players.

Luckily for the Brawlerz there were more Orcs in the scrum than Elves. The area was cleared and the other  Orc blitzer  grabbed the ball and sprinted into open pitch. Unfortunately Dark elves are quicker than Orcs and he was intercepted and tackled.

With a little help the Dark Elf takes down the blitzer 

The Orcs moved to get the ball while still in a high pitch position and a brutal scrap erupted around the ball.

Amazingly the Dark Elves managed to throw the ball out of the scrum down field. Sadly it was not accurate but the danger had been moved away. The Orcs vented their anger, one Black Orc injured 2 of the Dark Elves with another being knocked out.
One of Slap and Tickle FCs runners picked up the ball and sprinted within metres of the Orc end one!
The Orc thrower and blitzer managed to stop the runner at the last second. Again the Orcs moved the ball up the field, creating a cage around the ball carrier.

Confident the Orcs set their sights on the end zone. Not to be deterred by the cage, a Dark Elf blitzer leapt at the ball carrier and despite a 3 dice block in the Orc favour, the blitzer managed to take down the ball carrier again. Unfortunately being 4 players down meant the Dark Elves were seriously outnumbered and once the Orcs got hold of the ball again they managed in their last turn to run the blitzer I to the end zone for the score!

Final result

Slap and Tickle FC 1-1 Bearwood Brawlerz


The Dark Elf casualties were nothing serious so will be back next match. The Dark Elves earned 10, 000 gold and the Orcs earned 60,000 gold.
The Dark Elf runner who scored  got MVP and levelled up and acquired the Nerves of Steel skill. My Black Orc who caused the 2 casualties got MVP  and leveled up also. I gave him block to help him out.  It the most exciting but a blocker should have block me thinks!

That's the first round done.