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Phrenbi

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this Corellian sport was popular among the Whiphids who lived and worked on the planet Neftali. Each phrenbi match involved four teams, each trying to get a large ball or rock - known as a b'rrsk - into an opponent's goal, known as a g'rile. Loosely translated, the term phrenbi meant "to decapitate." Each team starts with 15-20 players, but the physical nature of the sport meant that casualties were inevitable. Once unable to continue playing, a phrenbi player must leave the field of play and could not return or be replaced. Different formats have teams paired against each other, or players using banthas as mounts and moving the b'rrsk about with long sticks called urran. In the basic sport, a phrenbi match is divided into three 30-minutes periods. If more than fifteen injuries result in dismissed players, the match is called on account of attrition.