Craigieburn’s forwards had a day out on Saturday, with 10 players getting on the scoreboard in a massive win over Hillside.
The match between two of the form teams in division 1 of the Essendon and District Football League would show how far Hillside had come in recent weeks.
And for the first quarter, they were able to match it with the Eagles and actually led by two points at quarter-time.
But from then on it was a familiar story, with the unbeaten Eagles going on to win 23.18 (156)-10.8 (68)
Glenn Robertson kicked seven goals, Cameron Cloke three and Samuel Laffan two.
The division’s leading goalkicker, Jason Cloke, was restricted to one and was overtaken by his brother on the goalkicking table.
Nick Fletcher, in his first game back for the year, kicked two goals.
Luke Roach was best on ground in his first senior game after good form in the reserves.
The Eagles are now three games clear on top of the ladder after second-placed Westmeadows suffered a shock loss to Oak Park.
The Tigers struggled in the first half and trailed by 23 points at half time.
They reduced the margin to eight at the last break, but couldn’t find a match-winning goal and went down 9.12 (66)-10.8 (68).
Daniel Willcocks kicked three goals for the Tigers and was one of their best, along with Andrew Vavra and Jarrod Fenton.
Glenroy and Taylors Lakes were the other winners on the weekend.
