The home court advantage only helped Traralgon-Tyers United, who recorded a 43-goal drubbing of Boisdale-Briagolong.

Equal top of the table Gormandale was a big winners over Rosedale, 70-40.

Cowwarr and Sale City fought out a tight tussle, which the Bulldogs managed to hold on to win by 10.

Heyfield won its eighth consecutive match, defeating Churchill 50-28.

Reigning premier Woodside confirmed its hold on fourth place on the ladder by recording a solid victory over Glengarry.

Results:

A grade: Sale City 50 d Cowwarr 40, TTU 70 d Bois-Briag 26, Gormandale 70 d Rosedale 40, Heyfield 50 d Churchill 28, Woodside 61 d Glengarry 40; ladder: Gormandale 36 (154 per cent), Heyfield 36 (133), Sale City 32, Woodside 28, Rosedale 24, TTU 16 (100), Glengarry 16 (92), Cowwarr 16 (85), Churchill 8, Stratford 4, Bois-Briag 0.

B grade: Sale City 57 d Cowwarr 30, TTU 53 d Bois-Briag 26, Gormandale 47 d Rosedale 37, Churchill 42 d Heyfield 32, Glengarry 52 d Woodside 42; ladder: Sale City 36, Stratford 28 (133), Churchill 28 (111), Heyfield 26, Gormandale 24, TTU 20 (109), Rosedale 20 (100), Glengarry 16, Woodside 12, Bois-Briag 4, Cowwarr 2.

C grade: Sale City 44 d Cowwarr 26, TTU 58 d Bois-Briag 28, Gormandale 53 d Rosedale 25, Churchill 49 d Heyfield 26, Glengarry 32 d Woodside 31; ladder: Gormandale 38, Glengarry 36, Churchill 26, Sale City 24 (121), Woodside 24 (113), Cowwarr 24 (104), Rosedale 20, TTU 12, Stratford 8, Heyfield 4, Bois-Briag 0.

D grade: Cowwarr 43 d Sale City 30, TTU 46 d Bois-Briag 16, Gormandale 39 d Rosedale 31, Churchill 42 d Heyfield 23, Glengarry 45 d Woodside 31; ladder: Glengarry 38, Cowwarr 36, Gormandale 30, Sale City 24 (128), Churchill 24 (127), Woodside 20 (108), TTU 20 (98), Stratford 12, Heyfield 8, Rosedale 4, Bois-Briag 0.

Under 17s: Sale City 32 d Cowwarr 21, TTU 48 d Bois-Briag 15, Rosedale 39 d Gormandale 35, Heyfield 43 d Churchill 25, Woodside 20 d Glengarry 19; ladder: Rosedale 40, Gormandale 32, TTU 30, Stratford 26, Heyfield 24 (132), Sale City 24 (98), Woodside 16, Glengarry 12, Cowwarr 6, Churchill 4, Bois-Briag 2.