Ballfreunde Harmonie Puchheim elected to receive on a sunny day, and dominated the first half to lead 1-0 at the break. Downunderworld could not get any momentum at all, with everything they tried floundering and lacking rhythym.
In the second half, Thran Forefangs marked the ball cleanly and got the drive going, with Zoljin cruching through the elf defence. The Elves scrambling to force a turnover, however the ball was taken cleanly on the bounce, despite Elf tackle zone pressure, by Qrul Bonemaw. Bonemaw burst through the line with some big assists to level the score at 1-1.
On the return drive, all 3 knocked out Elves recovered and they looked good for the win. Nonetheless, Bonemaw was not done and rapidly removed 2 runners in catching position (one with a bonecrunching hit, and the other with a forced dodge). Seeing the danger, the Elves then took out Bonemaw and managed to drive the cage over for a score in the final moments of the match, despite some tight last minute defending.
Final score 2-1 to Puchheim, setting up a critical round 9 fixture for Downunderworld against the highly rating Bretonnian team to secure the final play-off spot.
