The rampaging Burra jumped two positions as they ran over the top of Darley by 39 points at Marty Busch Reserve on Saturday.

Sebastopol now heads a quartet one game behind top side East Point, which easily accounted for Lake Wendouree by 53 points.

The Burra started the day one game behind the leading trio of East Point, Darley and Redan.

Getting over Darley was reward enough for another fine performance, but overtaking Redan was an added bonus as the Lions were convincingly beaten by North Ballarat City.

Redan's 28-point loss sent it tumbling two spots to fifth to be also behind Sunbury.

North Ballarat's late surge continued, with its fourth win on end lifting it two seventh - still a game outside the top six, but now ahead of Bacchus Marsh.

The Cobras' finals hopes took a major blow with a three-point upset loss to Ballarat.

This leaves Bacchus Marsh two wins outside the top six and facing a struggle to make the cut with five rounds remaining.

For Ballarat, it was its second win on end and took it up one position to ninth.

Sebastopol can now claim to be a genuine premiership contender after consecutive wins over Redan, Melton and Darley.

While it was yet another day for celebrations in the Burra camp, Darley coach Heath Scotland's reaction to the defeat was immediate with him taking his players behind closed door post-match.

Not even the arrival of former Richmond player Shaun Grigg was enough to inspire Redan, which was out-run and out-smarted by the Shane Skontra-coached North Ballarat.

Grigg, who booted a goal with his first kick, made a steady contribution playing in attack and on-ball, but looked to be short of a run and finished the match on interchange.

While North Ballarat is on a hot streak, Redan is looking a little shaky with three defeats in its past four rounds. Its only win in that period came with a goal after the final siren.

EAST POINT 40 166.72

SEBASTOPOL 36 133.54 - up 2 positions

DARLEY 36 124.96 - down 1 position

SUNBURY 36 118.24 - up one position

REDAN 36 113.32 - down 2 positions

MELTON 32 127.51

North Ballarat City 28 108.45 - up 1 position

Bacchus Marsh 24 119.10 - down 1 position

Ballarat 18 69.72 - up 1 position

Lake Wendouree 18 68.03 - down 1 position

Melton South 8 40.01

Ballarat 0.0, 1.5, 5.11, 7.13 (55)

Bacchus Marsh 0.0, 3.12, 4.12, 6.16 (52)

GOALS - Ballarat: Lachy Dawson 2, Keegan Mellington 1, Sam James 1, Daniel Kennedy 1, Joel Berry 1, Nicholas Weightman 1. Bacchus Marsh: Jake Owen 4, Daniel Burton 1, Ricky Shortis 1

BEST - Ballarat: Bailey Van de Heuvel, William Garner, Tobias Fisher, Luke Wynd, Daniel Kennedy, Lachy Dawson. Bacchus Marsh: Jake Owen, Tyson Shea, Daniel Velden, Connor Stone, Harrison King, Declan Phyland

East Point 4.4, 5.7, 11.8, 15.13 (103)

Lake Wendouree 1.3, 3.11, 4.12, 6.14 (50)

GOALS - East Point: Brad Whittaker 5, Bryson McDougall 3, Cameron Lovig 2, Jordan Johnston 2, Isaac Quick 1, Jake McQueen 1, Jacob Brown 1. Lake Wendouree: Nathan Pring 2, Robbie Emerson-Jones 2, Shane Hutchinson 1, Joel O'Connell 1

BEST - East Point: Cameron Lovig, Joel Van Meel, Brad Whittaker, Mickitja Rotumah-Onus, Aden Nestor, Mitchell Walsh. Lake Wendouree: Jacob Coxall, William Henderson, Liam Hepworth, Ben Taylor, Joel O'Connell, Callum Harte

Sunbury 1.4, 7.6, 13.11, 16.14 (110)

Melton South 3.1, 3.3, 6.5, 8.9 (57)

GOALS- Sunbury: Alec Goodson 3, Andrew Duhau 2, Thomas Werner 2, Alik Magin 2, Michael Edwards 2, Jack Landt 1, Connor Lever 1, Lachlan Bramble 1, Jarrah Maksymow 1, Mitchell Conn 1. Melton South: Shaun White 3, Samuel Hurst 2, Dale Houghton 1, Sean Humphries 1, Jonathon Bell 1

BEST - Sunbury: Alik Magin, Jayden Eales, Michael Edwards, Gregory Hay, Reece Wood, Lachlan Bramble. Melton South: Jacob Thornton Gielen, Dale Houghton, William Thornton-Gielen, Daniel Leggett, Sean Humphries, Broden Collins

North Ballarat City 3.3, 9.6, 12.7, 15.13 (103)

Redan 6.2, 8.4, 10.12, 10.15 (75)

GOALS - North Ballarat City: Timothy Speirs 3, Benjamin Simpson 2, William Young 2, Brock Freeman 2, Mitchell Gilbert 2, Josh Chatfield 1, Sam Bromley-Lynch 1, Dylan Graham 1, Simon McCartin 1. Redan: Grant Bell 4, Lachlan George 1, Shaun Grigg 1, Angus Cleary 1, Liam Hoy 1, Patrick Fitzgibbon 1, Alexander Harvey 1

BEST - North Ballarat City: Cameron McCallum, Simon McCartin, Jason McNamara, Josh Chatfield, Mitchell Gilbert, Benjamin Simpson. Redan: Dean Mathews, Alexander Harvey, Patrick Britt, Laityn Withers, Grant Bell, Benjamin Smyth

Sebastopol 2.1, 5.5, 7.7, 13.12 (90)

Darley 2.2, 3.5, 6.13, 6.15 (51)

GOALS - Sebastopol: Michael Powell 3, Geoffrey Lovett 2, Tom Petersen 1, Tony Lockyer 1, Lachlan Cassidy 1, Luke Kiel 1, Ryan Noether 1, Chase Dummett 1, Marshall Cain 1, Tobias Thoolen 1. Darley: Leigh Spiteri 3, Joel Cadman 2, Tom Evans 1

BEST - Sebastopol: Tobias Thoolen, Tony Lockyer, Michael Powell, Lachlan Cassidy, Jacob Wilkinson, Ben Hutt. Darley: Luther Baker, Tom Evans, Leigh Spiteri, Shane Page, Jake Ancrum, Joel Cadman