A titanic top three battle saw the league's upper end cop another shake-up in a big week of footy while the Gippsland League donned a splash of orange to battle violence against women.
Here's what you might have missed this week.
Traralgon vs Moe
They're the reigning premiers for a reason.
Traralgon have once again reaffirmed their premiership credentials, taking down Moe at home by 21 points.
The 11.15 (81) to 8.12 (60) victory is the second time this year the Maroons have knocked off the highly fancied Lions, whose only losses have come at the reigning premiers' hands.
Traralgon's run and gun style from half back held sway for much of the day, giving them an early advantage as they cut the Moe defence to ribbons on more than one occasion.
The Lions fought back at several stages, cutting the deficit to single digits in the third quarter.
Despite that, it would be Traralgon who finished the stronger of the two, booting three goals to one in the fourth quarter to secure a deserved win.
Confidence would be flowing at the Maroons now following consecutive wins over other members of the top three. They're certainly a far cry from the team that kicked one goal after quarter time against Maffra.
The Maroons put their pace to good use, while also keeping most of the Moe forwards bar Ben Crocker (three goals) fairly quiet.
Liam Willaton did the largest body of work around the ball, taking on one of the league's finest engine rooms with aplomb.
Tristan Waack's drive off half back proved vital, while Harvey Neocleous, Matthew Northe, Tye Hourigan and Dylan Loprese were all excellent.
It's back to the drawing board for Moe, who have slipped to second spot thanks to the defeat.
They'll be thereabouts come the pointy end of the season, but if they want a drought breaking flag they're going to have to figure out how to overcome the speed bump that is Traralgon.
Harrison Pepper, Alex Dijkstra, Crocker, Brock Smith, Thomas Blackshaw and Tahj Eden were their better players.
Wonthaggi vs Maffra
Wonthaggi released the pressure on the season if just a little on Saturday with a vital victory against Maffra.
On a three-game losing streak and suddenly appearing vulnerable inside the top five, the injury-riddled Power did enough to navigate a tricky Eagles opposition 10.8 (68) to 5.12 (42).
Most of the damage was done in a defensively sound first half for the home side where they conceded just one goal while kicking six of their own.
Maffra eased into the day from there, even drawing to within 10 points early in the last, before Wonthaggi booted the last three goals of the day to avoid a genuine disaster.
It keeps the Power in fourth position, one win ahead of Warragul in fifth and with what should be a win against Drouin to come this week.
The Power certainly didn't do it pretty still without a host of their stars, but at this point they just needed the four points. On those terms, it was mission accomplished.
Like many other games this year and the last, Maffra's best patches are good enough to scare anyone, even if they didn't quite get the result.
Hosting Moe this week will be a real test, having been annihilated by the Lions last time around.
Wonthaggi best were Ethan Dickison, Joshua Bates, Kyle Reid, Ryan Sparkes, Andrew McNeel and Jasper Shone.
Maffra's stronger contributors included Daniel Bedggood, Andrew McKenzie, Alex Carr, Jonathan Boyd, Danny Butcher and Jett Killoran.
Sale vs Leongatha
Leongatha did a number on Sale away from home.
A clash between one of the league's top and bottom sides went pretty much as expected, the Parrots far too good 19.12 (127) to 7.4 (46).
After taking a narrow lead into quarter time Leongatha broke the shackles from that point on, kicking eight goals to one in the second and piling the pain onto a Magpies team that has experienced their fair share this year.
It's a nice percentage boost – one that sees them move back to the top of the ladder.
Patrick Ireland, Luke Bowman, Nicholas Argento Jay Walker, Aydan Williams and Zavier Lamers all helped the Parrots to their big win.
Cooper Whitehill, Thomas Wrigglesworth, Harry Ronchi, Bodhi Walker, Ronan James and Cooper Rand were the Magpies who could hold their heads high.