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Another sell-out crowd of 38,000 packed into the Savage Land stadium with a further 12,000 locked out for the visit of the Junior Wildmen. Having secured a high scoring draw against the All-Stars in week one, the Savages were looking to press on for a decent conference finish and the Wildmen are perhaps the ideal opponent in that situation having not really gelled since the loss of head coach Lord Bastardo and having been out-played by the Mugaz last time out.
The game ended up being a good deal closer than any pundit had predicted. As with the Wildmen/Mugaz clash, the game was scoreless at the half. The Savages had collapsed the Wildmen's opening drive with a tackle from Bull Centaur Morgrim Thunderfoot but the visitors managed to squirm away for a bit until finally giving up the ball only to get it back again thanks to an interception from Randy McRandy.
The second half didn't start well for the Wildmen with Randy McRandy being injured by Barbarian Neffgar Golgoth, and then an astonishingly swift score from Lobo La'Grange. Speculation persists that La'Grange may have been doing the time warp again. Despite taking the lead, the Savages failed to put the game completely to bed and it was only when the final whistle arrived that they could be happy with the victory, their first ever against the Wildmen franchise.
Randy McRandy suffered a serious concussion during the game, and will miss the upcoming fixture against the Delight. Concussions of that nature have been known to cause niggling injuries.
Sirius now has 100 career blocks. "Fur" Tooth's intercepted pass was the 50th attempt of his career.
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