The Great Fullback Crisis of 2017

The Great Fullback Crisis of 2017 was an outbreak in RC3 Pro 12 history which saw several teams utterly dismantled by individual fullback errors. It is unanimously agreed by historians that Benedict Bow was the source of the infection.

Spread and Quarantine

For some reason, still unknown to scientists, the infection spread to the leagues other fullbacks. Benedict would no longer suffer alone. The next host of the condition was RFC Nautical teammate Albert Aft, although at the time it was unclear if he had the condition, because he rarely played. Some have speculated the disease acts like rabies because Aft strolled onto the pitch, without a care in the world, for Jackal 'Em All, mid-game.

The pandemic then went south, popping down the M1 from Barrow to London and infecting Dalton's Boot. 007 Universe subsequently fell from the fan favourites 'offloading specialists', to 'sim please', purely because of how trash Dalton Boot became. Boot was quarantined in the summer of 2017, and later retired.

The most serious health emergency however came when the outbreak reached Wales. Here the Electric Fence was contaminated just before his inaugural flight to new club Verminators. The Great Fullback Crisis of 2017 was now across the Atlantic. USA was potentially at risk, but it was pure fortune that the Verminators are experts in smelling out a rodent. Mike Masterson quarantined Electric Fence within 15 Apps - just under half the Apps Dalton's Boot had with the condition.

It is hoped therefore that The Great Fullback Crisis of 2017 ended with the Electric Fence. But the rumours are that it may have nicked onto Flame Pit, somehow.