Blood Bowl 2016 - Match 3

Blood Bowl 2016 - Match 3

So far the Scary Wunz orc team have recorded a victory over William's lizardmen and a shock defeat against John's skaven (dirty rats!). The lizards, with six huge blockers, nippy little runners and the best big guy in the game, demanded a rematch and the orcs are always up for a fight. Pictures supplied by William Martin, lovely camera on his Samsung mobile. 

Team lists:

Scary Wunz: 

• 4 x black orc blockers
• 4 x blitzers
• 2 x linemen
• 1 x thrower.

Lizards: 

• 1 x kroxigor
• 6 x saurus
• 5 x skinks

First Half: 

The orcs won the toss and elected to kick, setting up for an aggressive drive. The lizards chose two very strong wide zones, hoping to force one or both to fold for their skinks to exploit. 

The first touch down came embarrassingly quickly before the fourth turn, the sauruses forcing a gap between the orc left wing and the sidelines for the ball-carrying skink and his interference runners to dash through.

Set up for the next drive with the lizards setting up a heavy left wing. The orcs chose a more defensive setup than usual, hoping to build a cage quickly and rumble up the field with it.

It seems kroxigors don't follow the rules around big guys being slow. Battering his way through the black orc line, he came screaming across the field, aiming for the cage around the orc ball carrier hoping to avoid him by going up the other wide zone. Using his sauruses to peel away the defenders, the kroxigor successfully sacks the orc thrower holding the ball, despite all the assists against him.

The ball spills out, and with the dreadful ball skills you normally find in a cage, bounces wildly from player to player before settling behind the kroxigor - where else eh?!

The Scary Wunz look towards their coaching team for guidance, 'ow do we get da ball now boss?

 Coaching orcs there's only ever one plan: block em! Rallying the black orcs around the kroxigor, and almighty scrum develops, and not entirely for the ball either. The kroxigor suffers a match-ending injury, somehow making its way to the medical dugout. The sauruses don't give up, successfully sacking the thrower again, the ball this time unbelievably being caught by the tackling saurus! The orcs mob him, knocking him to the ground, and a cheeky blitzer breaks away, heading for the lizard's goal area.

Laughing at the three skinks heading him off, the blitzer had no idea he was moments from joining the kroxigor with a nasty injury. The skinks grabbed the ball, heading back down field. 

The remaining orc blitzers pursued, but a trip by a saurus left the only one who could catch them sprawled out on the field - touch down lizards!

Final result

Lizards 2 - 1 Scary Wunz orcs