Bracknell headed into the game as the only undefeated side left in the competition but the Bulldogs were eager to redeem themselves after being well-beaten by Longford prior to Easter.

It was a tight and tense first term as both sides refused to take a backwards step in the middle. The home side was down to two rotations after Lachie Cocker and Matthew Lee went down with injuries.

They refused to let it deter them as they kicked the only two goals of the second-term while keeping a Bracknell side, containing attacking threats Matthew Dennis and Callum Mulder, goalless.

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"It shows that there is a little bit of resilience with our group as well and that's very pleasing while we won the game, our effort and intent was exactly what you could ask for," Bulldogs coach Anthony Taylor said.

The reigning premiers lifted around the contest and were rewarded with a three goal to none third term as they went in with the lead at the final change.

The Bulldogs fixed up their goal-kicking somewhat to run over the top of the Redlegs in a four goal to two final term as Bart McCulloch finished with three goals.

Defender William Richards, Olly Woodcock-Davies and Harry Charlesworth were all instrumental in the win.

"We know they're great across the board and they've got experience so they know how to win ... we responded in that last quarter in really good fashion and we'll certainly take that one," Taylor said.

Rocherlea solidified themselves in the top-four with a 23-point win over Bridgenorth at Parrot Park 11.12 (78) to 8.7 (55).

Rocherlea stormed out of the gates early and were never troubled as they led the Parrots at every change to secure their second consecutive win.

The Tigers were well led in attack with Josh Holton registering six goals in a dominant display.

"[Holton] is in pretty good goal-kicking form at the moment, we know what we're going to get from Holts, he's one of the best forwards in the competition and has been for years," Rocherlea coach Josh Ponting said.

"We played the way we wanted to today which was great and it was a bit of a smaller ground but the Parrots brought the heat today as well so our boys did a really good job of standing up to that.

"We've just been trying to focus on what we can do better each week and, two wins in a row now, means we're doing a few things right around the club, we still want to keep improving but it is going pretty well."

George Town claimed a strong win over Hillwood to open their account for the season in front of their home fans 11.5 (71) to 9.9 (63).

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The Saints delivered a cracking opening term with a six-goal to one lead by the break and they never passed it up after the first break.

It was far from a one-sided affair with the Sharks delivering a four goal to none second term. It sliced the lead back to under a kick at the main break while the margin was stretched to a slender four points heading into the final term.

The Saints rallied in the last term to deliver a solitary goal which proved to be the difference as they held the visitors goalless to chalk up the win.

Longford continued their impressive start to the season by accounting for an under-manned Deloraine 18.17 (125) to 4.3 (27).

Jack Donnellan was the major presence up forward as he slotted four goals while Lachlan Dakin added three apiece to be named as Longford's best on the day with a series of other solid performers including Liam Davies and Josh Frankcombe.

The visitors were never troubled as they put the home side to the sword in a percentage-boosting win which moves them into top-spot over Bracknell with a percentage of 210 while they're level on points.

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