Werribee was left to rue a sloppy 20 minutes of football in a 13-point VFL loss to Port Melbourne at North Port Oval on Saturday.
The Tigers allowed the Borough to score seven goals to one in the second term and
in the end it was the difference between the two sides as the Borough hung on to win 16.11 (107) to 14.10 (94).
Tigers coach John Lamont was disappointed his side made fundamental mistakes in the second term. “We absorbed a lot of pressure in the opening term and we had a lead at quarter-time,” he said. “We kicked the first goal of the second term and then didn’t kick another for the rest of the quarter.
“We made fundamental and dumb mistakes which were incredibly costly. It was a bit of everything: missed tackles, playing on unnecessarily, not manning up and poor match-ups.
“The 20 minutes of football was costly and we’ll talk about what happened.”
Lamont said it was a positive that his team fought back in the second half.
“We stuck at it and kept on working,” he said. “We clawed our way back a little in the third term and a little in the fourth term but ran out of time.”
North Melbourne-listed Majak Daw was best for the Tigers with five goals.
“Jared Moore continues to get the ball out of the middle and Dylan Reid in the ruck is adjusting well to playing senior football,” Lamont said.
In their first home game for the season, the Tigers play the unbeaten Northern Blues at Avalon Airport Oval this week.
