Rats hold the Dragons

By Juno Lister

Having been treated to the spectacle of Bloodbowl last weekend Maak Farler productions staged another match in the West brook Market square . Rike Mayley walked out into the centre of the pitch with the ball as Farler introduced the teams to a 200 strong crowd. The Black Bay Dragons returned from the Water’s Edge again but where were the other team. An iron grate flew out of the ground by the Pissing Wall, a slow drumming could be heard from underground, pounding ,beating, getting quicker at the point the drumming was at a roll. Out from the sewer came the red armour clad Doom Town Rats. This Skaven team under new management of Aaro Noodal had specifically requested to meet the new kids on the block after their disposal of the Heroes. It appears that there is an unlikely alliance between the two clubs to play a series of friendly matches (if there can ever truely be such a thing in bloodbowl - Ed) . As Aaro Noodal is not a registered coach these matches will not be sanctioned by the Valroma Bloodbowl Commision

The Rats lined up with
Sidney Skab
Scally Wag
'Scary boy'
Doom
Cheesy Dood
Spike
Dumpy Snot Breath
Gob Beldoff

The Dragons were unchanged from the Heroes game.

The rats kicked off and it looked like it was going to be plain sailing for the Dragon’s with Talon receiving a long pass from thrower Moondancer and then sprinting unchallenged into the endzone.

The rest of the half will be remembered for constant ball fumbles from both teams and the sheer vicious nature of the Rats .With 5 minutes remaining for the half time whistle Rat’s thrower Wag picked up a stray bobbling ball and chose to throw to catcher Skab who made a gutsy impressive sprint to the endzone . The rats had equalised . The rats were crushing the Dragons as they lined up after the touchdown with only three players . Luckily the halftime whistle went and the Dragons were able to field four players at the re start.

The second half pretty much followed suit and Moondancer straight from the kick off capitalised on poor rats ball control, picked the ball up and skipped down through the gappy Rats line up and scored a touchdown. This is where it all started going wrong for the Dragons. The rats attacked and attacked the Dragons with spitefull and crushing blows and at one point Gob Beldoff having punched Crash Talon limp on his feet poised himself to finish him off and just allowed him to fall after all this was only a friendly. With minutes remaining only Lildew was left standing, Gob Beldoff seeing that Spike was dashing into an empty Dragons half converted a long throw that was pinpoint accurate. Spike dashed towards the endzone ball in hand . Lildew raced across the pitch sprinting at this last ditch attempt to hold on to the lead he launched at Spike who shrugged him off sending Lildew crashing to the ground . This allowed other Dragons players to pick themselves off the ground but The rats had already surrounded their hero blitzer Spike who calmly walked into the endzone unchallenged 2-2.

There was only enough time for The Dragon’s to receive the ball and run at the Rats before Mayley ended what was a very entertaining game . The Dragons had only three players standing at the end and were thankful for the whistle.

Final score Black Bay Dragons 2 Doom Town Rats 2