Crocfins Edge Rams 2-0 for Second Victory

Grick Crocarillo knew he was giving up close to 300 pounds and a pair of horns as he stared down the St. Vilitch Rams beastman clutching the ball 10 yards from the Rams' goal line. But he also knew that scoring opportunities come few and far between on the Blood Bowl pitch. So the skink best known for swallowing the head of the Crocfins' previous quarterback lowered his own head, closed his eyes, and charged.

With a little help from his saurus teammate Jay Klong, who whipped his spiked tail into the back of the beastman's legs, Crocarillo toppled his burly opponent, pounced on the loose ball, and skittered into the end zone for the first score in the Crocfins 2-0 victory over the Rams Wednesday night.

"That's a saurus-sized play from that little guy." said Crocfin Coach Tony Spearinyou after the match. "Bashing the opponent's ball carrier, picking up the ball, then running it in--you can't ask for more than that. I've seen plenty of Blood Bowl players can't do a single one of those things, let alone do all three on a single play."

With Crocarillio's score providing a cushion, the Crocfins turned more aggressive in the second half. Skeddy Sginn Jr. took the kick-off up the right sideline and then juked back to the left, crossing the field to hand-off to Dinovone Beast at mid-field. Beast then raced 49 yards toward the end-zone only to trip at the one-yard-line and lose the ball.

"What can me say?" said a dejected Beast after the match. "Me embarrassed, OK, you happy? Me make big fool from me. Me thinking about me new touchdown dance when--oops, down me go!"

Fortunately for the Crocfins, Sginn Jr. followed the play. The speedy skink, who now leads the team with two touchdowns, out-ran a Rams beastman for the ball, scooped it up, and dashed into the end-zone.

"Me saw Beasty go down, and me like, run little leggies run!" said Sginn. "Then me pick it up, and me like, nobody home--just me and the end-zone. Time to dance on in."

Up by two, the Crocfins backed into "skink-preservation-mode" following the ensuing kick-off but were not able avoid the path of destruction Rams minotaur Orgiruh blazed across the pitch for most of the game. Leading all attackers with 6 knock-downs, a frenzied Orgiruh crashed through Crocfin saurus's like sober dwarf running through a late-night pub queue.

(When asked about his performance after the match, Orgiruh was not available for comment. Apparently he was too busy goring the two scribes who tried to get a quote from him.)

Game-1 standout Skatrick Gobbs was also knocked off the pitch by a beastman in the second half and trampled by a horde of Rams hooligans before Coach Spearinyou could spear one and chase off the rest. Taking six boots to the back of the head, Gobbs is expected to miss the next game but should not suffer any long-term effects.

"Gobbs is a tough little lizard," said Spearinyou, his voice cracking. "He'll be back out there. You can count on that. And if I ever see the rest of those fans again, you can also count on them being shish-kabobed on the end of my spear!"

Spearinyou's anger aside, the mood in the swamp following the match was upbeat, as the Crocfins celebrated their 2-0 record by licking the blood off of their coach's spear and chomping through the body of the fan he killed. Team-leader Krag Bonington, however, was quick to caution that it's far too early in the season to celebrate.

"It's a long season," said Bonington, as the rest of the lizardmen danced behind him in a blood-frenzy. "This is just one game. We're not satisfied with one game. We're in this for the long haul, and we still got a lot of work to do--as soon we get done eating this fan, that is."