Not since Round 4 had the Jawbreakers had such a pleasing opening half to a match.

The High Elves blitzed on the opening kick off, but their setup was not aggressive enough to cause any significant problems - in fact the only positive of their first half was knocking out Raspberry before he'd had more than a single turn on the pitch - EVER. (Assuredly this also guaranteed his receipt of the MVP award)

Good planning led to good fortune and the slann were in control for the entire first half. Well prepared for the inevitable lightning strike they chose their moments and picked their spot to ensure going into half time with a 1-0 lead.

Avoiding their opponents mistake and being prepared allowed them to fully capitalize on a blitz to start the second half - completely enveloping Haughty and Naughty and scoring a second touchdown on their first turn of the second half.

On the subsequent kick off - things were looking pretty desperate for the high elves. A majestic tricky quick pass opened things up and got them down the field. The slann retaliated but the loose ball scattered favourably for the elves and they took advantage to make it 2-1. Killing a slann catcher in the process.

For the final few turns it looked like the slann were willing to live with 2-1, and the elves had lots of bodies around the slann that could score - but Raspberry back fresh from the bench pulled off his first ever pass to Lemon who made the difficult catch look simple and scampered in to put some deserved gloss on the win for the Jawbreakers.

The BSS and SPT squared off, two festering piles of promise, racing for the bottom of the Tzeentch division. Ramuhv Ya'Playa lived up to his name sake and managed to badly hurt Bobby Bilelord and Sal Smashblister. Ohma Phaje, managed to pull off an early TD against the BSS and pulled ahead in the first half. Legsy Longhorn, not to be outdone, managed to just barely drag his hooves across the goal line into the SST endzone. Mel Meltybones from the BSS was filled with an overwhelming sense of determination and managed to straight up murder Bill Blombie. However, Mel's celebration was short-lived, much like Bill Blombie, as his lifeless body regenerated from the relative safety of the bench. In a clutch move by Michael Manmucher, third of his name, he secured a TD (and the win!) with only mere moments left on the clock. The Shyish Spine Tappers came out on top and the Blightsworn Scourge were left six feed under.

What started as a strong start from the Shyish Spine Tappers quickly unfolded into disaster! Making steady headway into the Pakka lines despite rat trickery catapulting Jack Stripe and Vincent VanGhoul into the sidelines early in the first half. However a conniving assault on Michael Manmuncher III causes him to fumble the ball repeatedly allowing Franky Smooth to slip in between the Blombie Brothers legs and sprint his way into the endzone for the final play of the half. A riot rages onto the pitch after halftime; passionate undead fans making their numbers known to those that lust for treachery on the pitch in the form of fur-laden dapper dressed clawed menaces. The brawl subdued, each team looking worse for wear after a brutal first half, the second half begun. Franky Smooth darted quickly to a reinforced flank, but his further interests are put on hold when the back up Gutter Runner, nervous to be playing with such a legend, fumbles the ball despite his kinds prodigious dexterity. The Shyish Spine Tappers sieze on this crucial mistake and quickly try to track down the ball. Unable to quite make it all the way, Franky Smooth slithers and slinks to the ball to show the poser how he handles a ball. Unfortunately the emphasis on cool lead to a very uncool fumble, which was the also fumbled by his gutter running compatriot, which was then in turn caught by Franky Smooth as if nothing had ever happened. Franky started to make his way down the pitch but the whistle is called as the refs were actually completely uncertain if such a manoeuvre constituted a turnover or not. It was ruled in favour of the Spine Tappers, whose rookie ghoul Ohma Phajē, quickly sized the ball from the grasp of the dapper duo and made his way to the endzone tying the game up 1-1. The second half dwindling, the Ratta Pakka knew they needed to make something happen soon. overwhelming mummies one at a time, the Pakka slowly opened a gap if the defensive line setting up a cage within reach of the endzone. Smashing and bashing ensued, as the undead realized their grasp was slipping, a lucky dodge sends a undead blitz sailing right into the ball carrier, Franky Smooth. Still groggy from an earlier knockout, Michael Manmuncher III once again fumbled the ball right in the Pakka's face. With a smirk lined with daggers, Franky Smooth rips the ball from the crumbling defense and scores the game winning touchdown.

An early KO on a troll was not enough to save the Candymen from the orderly march of
Da Orc Kestra down the field.

The Midtowners remain pleased to have come out of the match relatively unscathed, and the Kroxigor made up for his dismal performance in previous matches by actually maintaining his tackle zones for the majority of the game.

Da Ork Kestra, while unhappy about the generally bloodless nature of the game, still relished in the passing game of their star thrower, and the fouling game of their less-than-stellar goblins.

Coming off a sound defeat against the Quarrelsons, da Bombas hoped that their chances would improve against the Night Runners. Their fans, distraught at the last result invaded the pitch in the hope that they could slow down the Night Runners.

The Bombas started off well, with Smiley quickly taking 3 rats off the pitch while the rest of the Bombas slowly made their way forward. Both Knumbnuts and Dummkopf keeping the skaven runners away from the ball carrier. Alas, disaster struck! Instead of scoring, Smiley was given free reign and too enthralled by the damage he was causing and was tripped up (GFI 1 reroll 1)! Leaving the ball carrier open to a hit by the Gutters, and with that the game it seemed like the under-workings of the skaven came to fruition and the pitch tilted towards the goblin goal.

The Iron Rat had his way with any goblin he hit, knocking them off the pitch one by one. While any attempts the goblins made to head downfield were met with swarms of rats surrounding the poor goblins, while the trolls were distracted by the weirdly shiny green rocks that the Skaven carried.

A beautiful day for bloodbowl was in the cards, with the Woody Quarrelsons looking for their first win. Their fans came out of the woodwork (or is that from the treetops? - ed.) to see them play the Bombas!

It started off well, with the Quarrelsons avoiding the secret weapons of the goblins, their lithe dodges making it so that the weapons failed to find purchase. They allowed a quick goblin Touchdown before turning the game into a game of Keep Away. The Bombas argued that they should be allowed to keep Smiley in the game, however, they discovered that the door to the dugout was locked, and Smiley infact never returned! (Failed 7 KO returns after arguing the call and succeeding...)

Knubknuts and Dummkopf did their best to throw goblins into position to catch up to the wiley elves, but the pitch was slippery with goblin blood & tears, and the team was never able to get some return offense going.

Looks like it may be a long slog for the Goblins, but with the wily veteran Kumbknuts, who last season played for the Yella-Roks knows, if you get a strong end of season push they could go far!

The Jawbreakers hosted the Night Runners from Nuln hoping to maintain their crazy winning streak.

In the first half kicking to the skaven - the slann took a beating but managed two defensive touchdowns before conceding one prior to a riot giving them a chance for a 3rd TD before half-time but the number of bodies they could keep on the pitch and moving kept dwindling.

In the second half - receiving the ball Pineapple II held it in the slann end zone, tempting - nay almost taunting the Night Runners to push forward and leave gaps to exploit. In the end, the skaven were cunning and ensured it was near impossible for the slann to score a 3rd touchdown before going for the ball carrier. Unfortunately for them Pineapple II pulled a perfect PUNT and they were unable to score to tie the game - the pass in the last turn inaccurate and landing right next to their gutter runner.