In a rare appearance on the Walbundrie ground during the home and away season, Holbrook took command early and never eased off.

The Giants' loss has seen them drop to eighth place with Henty back into the six and Holbrook in seventh position one game behind Henty.

The win made it three in a row for Holbrook with Luke Carman, Brock Knights, Andrew Dess (3 goals) and Josh Jones leading the charge.

In further good news for Holbrook, Will Holmes has rejoined the club after a stint with Albury. Brother Lachie has had an excellent season for Holbrook.

The Giants who had late withdrawals with influenza were best served by Justin Gordon and Nick Kohlhagen in an otherwise lacklustre performance.

Brock Burrum Saints continued its sensational form with a thumping 60 point win over second-placed Billabong Crows at Urana.

The Saints, who have won four of the last six premierships, are red hot favorites to add another to its trophy cabinet.

Five goals from Kade Garland and three to Wilson Mack capped off the brilliant work of its star-studded midfield.

Ruckman Matt Seiter dominated the hit-outs as Nick Sedgwick and Luke Schilg tore the Crows on-ball division apart in a clinical display.

In the Crows biggest test of its superb season, they ran into the Saints at its scintillating best with its five last quarter goals its only highlight.

Lockhart survived a stern challenge from the Jindera Bulldogs to come away with a narrow seven-point win and stay fifth on the Hume League ladder.

After trailing at both the half-time and three quarter time breaks, Lockhart kicked the only two goals in the final term to clinch a thriller.

Again, it was giant ruckman Neil Irwin who drove the Demons to the line, with good support from Abe Wooden and Andrew Emery with three goals.

Joel Klemke maintained his run of form with a polished display for the visitors, while Mitch Lawrence, Austin Speed and Jarrod Millar were excellent.

Osborne also had to survive a real scare from Howlong at Howlong, winning an enthralling battle in a tight finish by eight points.

The big worry for the Tigers out of the game is a suspected serious knee injury to its star ruckman and Azzi medalist Jamie Parr.

Parr went down in the first quarter and he and the club will closely monitor the result of scans this week to decide his playing future for the season.

Veteran big man Hayden Gleeson was called into the ruck duties that were made somewhat easier with Howlong missing their star Peter Hancock.

Connor Galvin starred for Osborne with the match-winning goal, while Ben Baker and Josh Garland led the Spiders' brave effort.

Culcairn has moved into second position after they travelled to Coreen and beat the Power by 88 points in another impressive showing.

Again the Lions' forward line had an even spread of contributors with Adam Prior (4), Dennis Pedemont (3) and Jye Shields (3) starring. Dane and Tim Hallinan were prolific ball winners for Culcairn with Ben Gould and Zac Simmonds both in nice touch.

CDHBU, with Tom Moloney its best, started well but gradually fell away with some inaccuracy at the goal face costing them a better result.

Henty pulverised the Murray Magpies at Urana Road oval in Lavington, winning a very one-sided encounter by 215 points.

The Swampies who went into the match with a poor percentage, certainly rectified that with the 38 goal effort its best for some time.

Four players, Shannon Terlich, Damian Cupido, Kim Kantilla and Tyson Muller all booted seven goals, with Cupido kicking all his in the first term, before limping off injured.

The Swampies percentage, that started the day at 91.4, finished the day at a healthier 123.8 as they lept into sixth place. Henty face a huge clash this week at home to the Giants, while the loser of Holbrook versus Howlong can just about forget any hope of finals.

THIS WEEK: Brock/Burrum v Lockhart, Culcairn v Crows, Henty v RWW, Holbrook v Howlong, Jindera v Murray Magpies, Osborne v CDHBU.