Warragul Gazette | As the halfway mark of quickly approaches, the makeup of the ladder is also starting to take some sort of shape.
In turn, it sends a very clear message to many clubs for what is needed to save themselves from having the door closed on them come finals time in August.
Hill End v Thorpdale
The jostling for prime position inside the top five continues, with Hill End having "some'' control over their finishing position after a win over Thorpdale.
The Hillsmen are not taking their current ladder position of second for granted given the long road ahead and plenty of improvements to be made, even in their comfortable win on the weekend 23.8-146 to Thorpdale 9.5-59.