Week 1

Number of spectators: 278,000
Number of Touchdowns: 58 (2,9/match)
Number of casualties: 76 (3,8/match)
Number of dead: 13 (0,6/match)

Most scoring match: Middleheim Marauders 5 – Rotten Rodens 1
Most violent match: Thriller Fanatics – Hobgoblin Team (10 Cas.)
Most deadly match: Athelorn Avengers – Oldheim Ogres (3 Dead)

Did you know that…

-… The first ever death during a match of the New Blood Bowl tournament has become a matter of heated discussion? It happened when Ullo’Thorg of the Oldheim Ogres stopped runner Sind Leaflet through the unorthodox method of throwing a snotling at his face. Both the elf and the snotling died in the subsequent crash!

-… The Greenfield Grasshoppers won their first match against the Evil Gits and against all bets placed (including their own!)? Turns out the Evil Gits got lost in the way to the stadium and arrived only seconds before the end of the match to see Treeman Longroot score after two halfs walking to the end zone with the ball! They still managed to injure half of the halflings team, though.

-… The Chaos All Stars seemed to go towards the first defeat of the season at half time, losing 2-0 to the Forked Tonges? That was before Morg was released from his cage. Enraged, the ex-ogre took the ball, empaled 2 saurus that tried to stop him and scored the first touchdown for a close 3-2 victory! Unfortunately, Morg didn’t see it through, as he kept running after the end zone and into the grandstands killing and maiming many, to the delight of fans on other areas of the stadium!

-… The Bright Crusaders conceded their match against the Tiax Warriors when they were winning 2-0 in the second half? Blitzer Adolf Weiner killed one of the amazon players due to an unfortunate block. Unable to continue after such a tragic loss, the Crusaders did the only chivalrous thing to do and left the stadium! Adolf is under psychological treatment.

-… The NNAF is currently investigating the Darkside Cowboys – Khaine’s Destroyers match? Neither dark elf teams did anything other than walk slowly around the pitch for the whole match! Surprisingly, there was a 1/10000 bet on that exact thing happening placed… By Darkside Cowboys star player Hubris Rackart!