Week 8 passes the halfway mark of the 2011 Gridiron Victoria season with another round of cross-divisional games.
On Saturday 25th June the Bay City Buccaneers hosted the division two Croydon Rangers2 in what was a closer match than expected with the Buccaneers prevailing 38-0. Following on at 2pm, the division leaders faced off with the division one Rangers playing the Northern Raiders. The Rangers got out to a solid lead early and cruised to a 53-0 win.
Sunday saw the Western Crusaders host the Melbourne Uni Royals, with the home team rolling to a solid win 42-0, whilst down in Morewell the Gippsland Gladiators gave the Berwick Miners a scare, with the Miners holding on for a 20-19 win.