by Davyd Reid
Trafalgar made better use of their opportunities to hold on for victory over Longwarry by a solitary point, 7-1 (43) to 5-12 (42).
The Crows added four goals in the third term to kick out to a 22-point lead, but it proved not enough as the Bloods added four goals of their own to pinch victory.
Daniel Puglia, Darcy Brock, Ben Cunico, Drew O' Brien, Toby Radford and Mitchell Smart helped Trafalgar take the points.
Giving Longwarry every opportunity were Patrick Henwood, Samuel Davies, Charlie Dore, Bradley Fowler, Casey Wells and Kieren Willis.
BULN BULN were able to shake a determined Yarragon in the final quarter to prevail 6-4 (40) to 4-1 (25).
Leading by just three points at the final change, the Lyrebirds doubled their output to add three goals to one.
Ryan Bradshaw, Mat Notman, Jacob Pickthall, Aaron Warner, Jake Baker and Dylan Cann helped the Lyrebirds lift.
Keeping the Panthers in the contest were Michael Price, Brendan Clark, Clayton Bawden, Rhys Fairlie, Luke Armstrong and Damien Allison.
NYORA finished stronger to run over the top of Nilma-Darnum, 8-7 (55) to 6-4 (40).
Trailing by four points at the final change in what had been a competitive contest, the Saints finished with four goals to one.
Lincoln Brock, Andrew Dike, Indiana Boswell, Stanton Till, Matthew Hughes and Shannon Gallagher helped the Saints to victory.
Leading the competitive effort for the Bombers were Ben Egan, Chris Demicoli, Ethan Carlile, Chris Cupples, Riley Feil and Thomas Ayama.
ELLINBANK kept Poowong goalless on the way to a big win, 16-17 (113) to 0-1 (1).
Tony Wright kicked five goals while Andrew Quirk, Mathew Dare, Adam Campbell, Ripley Pyle and Mark Quigley were also prominent.
The Magpies were best served by Jerome Cawcutt, Troy Smethurst, Jacob Graue, Bryce and Toby Moyce.
SEVEN goals to nil in the first quarter sent Lang Lang on their way for a big win over Bunyip, 16-13 (109) to 1-0 (6).
Brodie Kiss kicked seven goals, with Jason Stokkel, Jesse Hand, Rhys Simmons, Devlin Parker and Travis Short also leading the way.
The better players for the Bulldogs were Curtis Jenkin, James Pryor, Ronan McNamara, Brandon Pompei, Thomas Blakey and Will Hallpike.