Another two players are locked in for Werribee for next year’s Victorian Football League season.
Having not missed a game since the 2023 season, Harry Grintell is set to extend his streak after putting pen to paper to re-sign with Werribee.
The 2025 campaign was a significant one for Grintell, who brought up his 50-game milestone in round 18 against Richmond.
Grintell was one of just five Werribee players to appear in all 18 games throughout 2025, marking the second consecutive season he has achieved the feat after playing all 21 games in Werribee’s premiership campaign.
Remarkably, he and Dom Brew remain the only two Werribee players to have featured in every game dating back to the 2023 season.
This season saw Grintell average a career-high 13.5 disposals and five marks per game, using the ball as well as he ever has while stationed across half-back.
He finished seventh in the Bruce Montgomery Trophy count, his best finish to date, in a campaign that again highlighted his consistency and reliability.
After starting the season in defence he was moved forward following the mid-season AFL draft departures of small forwards Flynn Young and Zac Banch, and he made an immediate impact, kicking six goals across the final block of games.
Re-signing with the Tigers proved to be an easy decision for Grintell.
“I’m super pumped to re-sign for 2026 and get back to the level we want to be at,” he said.
“A great club, so it was an easy decision to make in the end. Bring it on!”
Grintell enters the 2026 season with 72 VFL games to his name, including 52 in the black and gold, placing him among Werribee’s more experienced players.
The 2025 campaign marked his third at Werribee, having joined ahead of 2023 after two years with the GWS Giants’ VFL side, where he developed through the Giants Academy.
Noah Tullio, a Werribee local, has also re-signed for next year.
The 169 cm, 19-year-old joined Werribee ahead of the 2025 season and impressed through pre-season before being one of nine Werribee debutants in round one. He kicked his first goal the following week in Werribee’s first win of the season against Essendon and then produced a career-high 17 disposals and six inside 50s in round three.
In round four, Tullio travelled to Sydney as an emergency, but his season was soon cut short after suffering a syndesmosis injury while playing for Newtown and Chilwell in his first senior game at local level the following week.
Tullio made a successful return locally once Werribee’s season concluded, bringing an end to 119 days on the sidelines.
“I am super keen to be back at Werribee for 2026. Absolute no brainer for me, I love the club and everyone involved. I am very excited to get back to work with the boys and be a part of what’s to come.”
