Sealing their second win on the road in as many weeks YARRAM scrapped over the line against a persistent TTU line-up who sparked to life after a quiet fortnight.
Blitzing the opposition with a damaging final term, the Demons will be desperate to continue their winning ways as they aim to starve off Woodside and Cowwarr who sit one game shy of the new kids. With a daunting run towards finals action, with Yarram to meet Cowwarr and Woodside in coming rounds the sides finals fate is likely to be written on the back of the next three weeks results.
With a finals berth close to being locked away ROSEDALE will focus their attention on maintaining their hold on third position and the prized double chance.
Failing to have any impact in a disappointing opening half showing in round 12, the Blues will spend some time soul searching this week with the loss seeing Rosedale relegated to third position by a mere 28 percentage points from Sale City.
Returning from the weeks break, the Blues were out played from the outset and by the time they clicked into gear to rally in the second half they proved little match for the competitions inform side. Needing to put last week's deficiencies and loss behind them the focus will be on the next fortnight of matches ahead of their second fixtured bye in a month.
Dropping just the one match on their home ground in the past two seasons Saturdays clash will act as a barometer for the Demons coaching staff as they establish just were the side is at compared to the leading quartet. With plenty at stake expect the Demons to trouble Rosedale.
Claiming the four points by less than a kick in their earlier meeting BOISDALE/BRIAGOLONG will meet last week's giant slayers GORMANDALE who made the most of their chances to cause one of the biggest upsets of the season.
In contrast the Bombers struggled to match and hold the Wildcats power forwards at bay and will be hungrier than ever to return to the winners circle.
Remaining a work in progress the Bombers failed to register a competitive score and will go back to the drawing board ahead of what will be a mini final between the bottom of the table foes.
Providing spirited opposition in past weeks, despite the sides 119 point thumping by Heyfield, the Tigers will test the Bombers resolve and will find the smaller ground to their liking.
With little separating the sides a toss of the coin may just be the best way of deciding the victor.
With the Cougars purring along CHURCHILL coach Allan Chandler has his side primed and peaking for the contest against rivals the Saints.
Set to host COWWARR the Cougars can ill afford to be complacent against their seventh placed opponent who have been far from easy beats over the past month.
Sitting outside the top five, victory is imperative to the Saints chances of sneaking into final contention, but it won't only be the Saints that will be closely watched with Churchill's credentials as a premiership contender to be put under the microscope against long time foe Cowwarr.
Testing the Cougars in their round two meeting, Churchill rallied from five goals down at quarter time to exchange blow for blow on the scoreboard to sneak home by the narrowest of margins two points against the defiant Saints.
Slow out of the blocks in round two, if the Cougars drop their guard and allow Cowwarr to kick away with a strong first quarter score as they did in their earlier encounter they may find themselves playing catch up football against a strong defensive unit a position the second place Cougars will not be comfortable with.
The contest between the sides is always guaranteed to provide the crowd with value for money, with their second show down of the season set to be no different with Churchill's home ground advantage to serve them well.
Rueing from an opportunity that passed SALE CITY suffered their second loss in as many weeks with the Dogs to host HEYFIELD who brushed aside the fourth placed City to the tune of 89 points in round two.
Maintaining a hold on a finals berth, the Dogs chances of playing finals may slip from within their grasp with a tough run towards finals to test the credentials of this season's biggest improvers.
Dropping the points in a disappointing showing against tenth placed Gormandale the loss may be the impetus for the Dogs to regain their bite and serve the Kangaroos with their first defeat of the season.
But for the Dogs to do just that coach Hayden Burgiel will be fully aware of all aspects of Heyfield's game plan that his chargers will need to address should they turn the tables on the competitions number one ranked side.
Boasting an embarrassment of riches with a dominating forward line, one of the best general midfields in the competition and a staunch back six which has conceded an average of less than 10 goals per a game, it is a tough ask for the pups that will need to hold their composure and serve up their own challenges.
Scoring their lowest score of the season GLENGARRY will be out to restore some lost pride when they meet last season's semi final opponent TTU.
Not dissimilar to the Magpies the Bombers season has far from followed a fairy tale script with both sides set to watch from the stands come the pointy end of the season. It has been a disappointing 2014 for last season's front runners Glengarry and TTU who have failed to fire.
Claiming the honours in their first meeting by two points Glengarry will need to post a match winning score to have the same luck second time around. Struggling to find their composure in front of goal against Heyfield, the Magpies will need their forward six to fire against the Bombers backline who put immense pressure on Yarram for three quarters of last week's contest.
With both forward structures struggling to make their mark in matches, it is the contest set to rage between the two midfields that will be most enticing and will set the tone, with the side that can best expose the opposition midfield brigade to claim the points.
WOODSIDE has the BYE.
By Lauren Carey