Match Reports - Round 4

Hi all, apologies for the delay. Match Reports and results below, Table updated on the right. 

Slamtown beat Heroes (15-12), Blitz 1 beat Blitz 2 (10-9), Bugs beat UQ Lovers (15-8), and Dojo and Cobras... (read the damn match report below!). 

Heroes - Seb

Heroes were left to play savage due to 6 players having Easter commitments. This may have actually helped us, with the 7 players able to get into the game better. We were down by a couple and then up by a couple, taking half 8-7. After half, Slamtown went on a run of 3 or 4 and we were unable to catch them from there. End result Slamtown 15 - Heroes 12. Very enjoyable game and well done to Kalin, Dan and Rob who generated most of the big plays for the Slammers.

Slamtown - Mayor

Slamtown were undermanned, and Gref showed up late, Heroes were undermanned and Strelan showed up late.

Slam went up, Heroes fought back.  Heroes took half 8-7.  Slam had more legs, tidied up late in the game to stretch away for the win.

Good game, good spirit... Chris Brown was in particular fine form for the Heroes.

Troy Booth did something creepy in the not far distance.

Blitz 1 - Timocles

The much anticipated showdown between B1 and B2 had been talked about for weeks. B2, a bunch of new faces led by turnover machine Chris 'The Mulletted Muppet' Cunliffe, were vying for the win against their more experienced counterparts B1; a mix of washed up old people and a few guys who've been around the block a couple times. The rules of combat were simple; winner takes all (although we didn't have much to take) and layout D's mean promotion and relegation for the involved Blitzers. 

The first point saw B1 pulling. A sneaky zone saw a mid-field turnover and B1 with the disc. A few quick passes and it was pretty quickly realised by B1 that B2 had their hustle on; turnover. B2 regained possession and quickly nailed in a score. B2 were up over B1. After a few dumbfounded blinks, B1 regained composure to take half 8-4. A mixture of funky junk and odd forces were used to take advantage of some greenness. After half, it seemed that age made B1 a bit more weary than B2, with a commendable comeback to see the final score 10 - 9 to B1. 

Credit to B2 for fighting back so hard, even with Cunliffe trying to scoober-into-the-stack your game away. Amongst a great show of athleticism, a lot of raw talent is surfacing which will see some very strong Blitz teams in the future.

Blitz 2 - Cunliffe

Well the first Blitz derby didn't disappoint. I'd been geeing up B2 since last week and there had been a lot of smack talk throw on the Blitz Facebook page. And I tell you what B2 came within a bee's appendage of pulling off a massive upset.

So things were looking positive for B2 at the start of the evening with a couple of no shows leaving B1 with only 7 players and B2 in the mood to run hard and get blocks.

B2 started on offence though the first point was a little shaky and included our first turn of the night, but we managed to show a bit of defensive hustle and got it back and eventually jammed it in to take the lead 1 to nil.

The lead was short lived, and a comedy of simple errors saw us down 7 v

1 before B2 got back on a roll and went into half 8 v 4.

B1 came out on offence at the start of the second half but B2 came out of the break with renewed confidence that if we could do the simple things right (ie not drop the frisbee and keep up the defensive hustle) we were every chance of winning the game with B1 running savage in what was a hard running game and it wasn't long before B2 was back on its roll quickly hauling in B1's impressive lead.

But it was too little too late. B2 ultimately ran short on time and we went down to big brother 10 v 9, but I like to think it wasn't before winning their respect.

In the end it was a great game, the B2 boys loved the challenge and were thoroughly spurred on by the prospects of if they got a layout block on their B1 counterpart they'd take their place in the B1 side the following week. And of course this just sets the stage for another cracker Blitz derby later in the season.

Dojo - ads

Unfortunately for the viewers at home, Sensei has refused all calls from his publisher's office to continue to write on the blog, muttering something about quality over quantity, and has taken himself off to the rich person's equivalent of a cabin in the woods (read: cars and golf). So expect more on those topics when he returns. 

The game - holy snappers I can't remember feeling that rubbish, and I looked around at Dojo and they all looked the same - Cobras absolutely smashed us in the first half, ending at 8-1. They were blading/scoobering/running like crazy people, and we couldn't keep up on D. On O we seemed to think we were Samurai Gods, and mere Snakes could not stop us from scoring like towering giants (read: we hucked too much)...all resulting in drops. 

A timeout or two in the first half, and another non-ultimate story from Sensei, and we came back in the second with spectacular results. A sweet throw here or there, but we scored continually from hard running offense, and a super tight zone on D that generated enough pressure to force some drops and turns. All of a sudden the blading/scoobering wasn't working for Cobras, and we stopped giving the disc over. We leveled it up and then were ahead at some point, and then.....

End result - a draw. 13 all. awesome game.