Led by ruckman Evan Fealy, the Crows broke clear in the third quarter with the class of Cameron Bakes, Ben Slattery and Jason Sanderson proving the difference between the teams.

It was the Crows’ 10th win of the season and, although finals remain a longshot with the bye and Coleambally ahead, coach Danny Kirchen was delighted to reverse last year’s grand final result.

CDHBU paid dearly for relying on key duo Jarrod Hanrahan and Doug Lavis, while the Crows had a more even spread of contributors across the lines.

Henty slumped to its lowest ebb after failing to score a goal in its 211-point loss to Jindera at Henty.

The Bulldogs proved a class above the opposition with Trent Castles continuing his outstanding form from last weekend with a 10-goal haul.

Mark Hilton (seven) and Bryce Scott (four) also joined in the act with strong performances.

Henty’s Shaun Thiele, Matt Kilo and Andrew Wilson battled hard against the odds, but with injuries and unavailability hitting the Swampies hard the task was always beyond them.

Holbrook scored a hard-fought 19-point win against Walla at Holbrook.

The Brookers battled to put away their opponents for three quarters before Jon Thompson, Brendan Hankle and Aaron Pitson steadied the ship and saw the home team out of trouble.

Walla’s Nick Whiterod, Brad Watkins and Luke Kohlhagen turned in strong performances.

Coleambally proved too strong for Rennie.