RCBBL Round 3 Humans vs Dark Elves

After Sundays game cancellation (Thanks to my dog for stealing a mince pie so I had to take him to the vets) we had to reschedule. Friday night was chosen to be game night!
The night came and the teams took to the fields. The Death Spectres (Dark Elves) vs Ye Olde Giants (Humans).
11,000 Giants fans were in the stadium compared to the Spectres 5,000 fans giving the Giants a boost.
The Giants won the toss and elected to receive the ball.

The ball was kicked off and the Giants pushed forward trying to smash a hole through the Spectres defence.

The catcher with the ball stays close to the ogre

The Giants ogre gets embroiled in a fight with at least 5 of the Spectres players. While the Giants catcher with support makes a run for it.

The Spectres defence quickly reacts and swamps the attackers. The witch elf smashing the catcher down.

Meanwhile the ogre loses his battle ends up on the ground

The Witch Elf hitting the catcher had the added bonus (for the Spectres that is) of sending the ball sailing into a Spectres players hands. Defence quickly turned to offence for the Death Spectres! As they drove down the field the Spectres managed to KO the Giants ogre!

Time was running down though and the Spectres elected to throw the ball. The throw how ever was not accurate and didn't reach the target.

The Giants recover the ball but run out of time to make use of it as the half time whistle blew.

Death Spectres 0 - 0 Ye Olde Giants

A few players were revived  for the 2nd half with the exception of the Giants ogre (Which as the human player was very inconvenient!!!).
The ball sailed off the pitch for a touch back.  The Spectres started their drive.

The Giants moved to contain the rush. This is gonna get brutal!

A brutal ruck erupted around the  ball carrier. The Spectre runner dumped the ball off to the witch elf just before he got blitzed! The unlucky runner was killed in the resulting blitz!! Tackles were flying left right and centre. The ball ended up on the floor

There was a scramble for the ball,  A Giants catcher with clearly a lot of faith in his team (or didn't want to get involved in the brawl)  had made a break into open field. The Giants thrower scooped up the ball and sent it arcing towards the open catcher. He caught it beautifully and sprinted for the end zone not an opposing player in sight. He had to stretch to reach the end zone but it proved to much and he failed his last going for it roll crashing to the ground!!!!!

What a muppet! 

Not a problem the Giants coach thought. The catcher had made such a break that the opposing players had to use a turn to get close and still they could not reach him till next turn so simple plan get up, pick up ball and score. Oh how Nuffle chuckled.

And that's with a re-roll

The Giants Catcher scrambled to pick up the ball and failed miserable (rolled 1 the re-rolled another 1). As the catcher stared dumbfounded at the ball still on the floor he was shoved back, then again off the pitch and into the baying crowd! The Giants coaching staff managed to drag the unconscious catcher from the clutches of the crowd. Again the  Spectres switched to offence, the witch elf grabbed the ball and ran off up the field. She looked forward realised time was running out and with a primal scream launched the ball towards another Spectre player.

The blitzer caught the ball and ran it onto the end zone for the score!!!!

Death Spectres 1 - 0 Ye Olde Giants 

Only two turns left for the Giants, throwing was the name of the game. The ogre decided to join the game (better late than never!).
The kick off was took the ball landed and the Giants went to work. A hole was punched in the Spectres defence and a catcher sped through the gap and up the field. The rest of the team tried to keep the Spectres in check but one tackle took both attacker and defender down ending the turn. The Spectres last turn meant they hit hard. The last turn of the game gave the Giants only one choice! Throw the ball, the thrower grabbed the ball and threw!  But no!!! A Spectre lineman reached up and intercepted it!!! The final whistle blew. Victory to the Death Spectres!!

Death Spectres 1 - 0 Ye Olde Giants

With game over time to for the post game routine. One of my Catchers got MVP and levelled up so I gave him Diving Catch. A blitzer on the Death Spectres team levelled up and gained +1 to MV. 80,000 gold was earned by the Spectres and 70,000 gold earned by the Giants.
A great game was had. Lots of working out the best pathways through tackle zones or around them should I say. That's the end of round 3. The full result list is below

The league as it stands has a joint top 2 but another teams are close behind!

Roll on round 4!!

*The Death Spectres have replaced Slap and Tickle FC