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Pappy's Fun Club and The Penny Dreadfuls are two of the most successful sketch comedy troupes to grace the Fringe in recent years, and on the surface they’re best of friends: they hang out at gigs together, they go drinking together – heck, they even go over to each other’s houses to play video games together. Probe this thin veneer of bonhomie, however, and you’ll find a fierce competitive spirit lurking just beneath.

Earlier this week, the Pappy’s v Pennies rivalry spilled over onto the cricket pitch – a contest that would give one troupe bragging rights over the other for the rest of the Fringe. To watch our film of the encounter, click on the YouTube link above. Read more about what happened here.