Agincourt Saluters 0-2 PAIN Corp

Wildcard Round 2007

11,000 fans has to be turned away for the post-season debut of the Agincourt Saluters. The champions of the ADA North taking on last season's semi-finalists, the wildcard entry from the ADF North PAIN Corp. PAIN are the first team to miss out on their Conference title on TD difference after going unbeaten through the regular season. The Saluters were the lowest seeded of the Conference champions this year and have lost both previous games against opponents from outside of the ADA North.

The difference in experience level between the two teams showed early. The Saluters took the ball right up into the gut of the Best Defence in the league and despite being Rookie of the Year, Penny was unable to evade sure tackling.and coughed up the ball into PAIN Corp possession. The Saluters also lost a couple of players on their drive through sending offs, reducing their numbers against the notoriously powerful Corp blocking unit. Down a couple of players, the Saluters could not stop the counter attack and Taliona Raven capitalised for the touchdown. Before the subsequent kickoff, Pain Corp rammed home their viciousness with a crowd attack on referee Filip "The Don" who was Badly Hurt. His replacement was Alan Willey.

The Saluters could not mount another effective offensive drive in the half but did manage to make some plays in the blocking game. Sven took out The Big Boss Man early while late in the half, a crunching first career casualty by H'itter was so powerful that only emergency medical attention was able to revive Bill Barrington after the match. That trend continued at the start of the second period, this time a hefty block from George on Nobert Norrington was enough to leave the Pain Lineman fatally wounded and inter him into the shrine.

Despite the physical damage, Pain were still impenetrable on offense with the Corridor of Pain grinding down the field to relatively little resistance. Taliona Raven was able to comfortably pick her moment to the point where the clock had wound down sufficiently and the Saluters Thrower Patsy was beaten out of the game. With little time left and no realistic chance of a comeback, Raven secured the win with her second TD. Pain Corp sans Norbert Norrington advance to the Quarter Final round.

Taliona Raven has now rushed for 100 yards in post-season games alone, only the second player to reach that mark. She also now has 50 career dodges to her name. Gha'rosh Bloodfist has now thrown 200 career Blocks while Kazek "The Impolite" has Knocked Down 100 opponents in his career. Casius Slay passed through both 100 career Blocks and 30 career Fouls, also tying the career post-season Foul mark with 6.