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Derrius Artrus and Mustle Fing, two of Team Bravo’s most celebrated captains, released a joint statement yesterday, restating that their loyalty to Team Bravo is undiminished, despite the feud between them that continues to simmer after almost ten years.

‘We have our differences, everybody knows that.  But we also want our followers to know that at the end of the day only one thing matters:  Team Bravo.  We will both be giving 110% for the team in the Fortris Challenge Cup next year, regardless of whether our discussion about the team’s heraldry has been resolved by then.  However, we continue to be hopeful that we will have put our differences behind us long before then.’

Artrus and Fing’s ‘discussion’ began almost ten years ago, when the former, then Team Bravo’s Vice Captain Heraldry, proposed an update of the team’s standard which replaced the traditional rifles with a seedling sprouting from a clump of earth held in an outstretched hand.  Fing objected.  In the ensuing years their argument on the point has taken various turns, involved three court cases, seen Fing’s wife leave him for Artrus, and resulted in Team Bravo’s standard bearing a blank until the matter is settled - a temporary compromise which was only reached after Fing persuaded almost half of the team to turn out for battle naked rather than sport the revised standard.

QRIS sports correspondent Berstyn Trak comments:

This statement demonstrates that the two captains are clearly feeling the extent of the criticism being levied at them over this dispute.  For two parties at such loggerheads to agree a joint statement is very telling.  This argument is damaging the sport’s reputation and theirs.  We tell young people that sport is about unity and common cause, but Artrus and Fing are giving the opposite message to their young followers.  Courts palaestral for them both aren’t out of the question if they don’t end this soon.

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Team Bravo captains remain hopeful of a deal