Werribee Districts maintained its incredible season record on Saturday with a massive come from behind win in the Western Region Football League division 1.
The Tigers took on the in-form team of the competition on Saturday, the Yarraville Seddon Eagles.
The Eagles were up by 45 points midway through the third quarter and looked likely to continue their winning streak, which began after they lost to the Tigers back in round 11.
A couple of goals late in the third term to the Tigers helped settle the nerves and bring the deficit down to 27 points at the break. In the last the Tigers were ruthless kicking four goals four, while keeping the Eagles scoreless to escape with a one point win.
Sean Gregory was named as the Tigers best in the 11.7 (73)-10.12 (72) victory. Joshua Mould, Lachlan Rainbow and Trent Lee booted three majors each.
With finals next week, Tigers coach Chris Gilham said it was good to play a game at such high intensity.
“It was good to get a bit of a tune up for finals,” he said.
“You can get into these dead rubber situations which can be a bit of a waste of time, but this game was red hot.
“It was a great challenge and we learnt plenty from it.”
While the overall result was irrelevant to the Tigers finals spot, the message at three quarter time was about playing the style of football that will be crucial come September.
“The way we play and the things we pride ourselves on, we needed to get them back in check,” Gilham said.
“Making sure we executed… it wasn’t all about trying to win that game on the weekend, it was more about our game.
“Momentum’s a massive thing in footy so once things started rolling for us and the boys got a bit of an appetite for it, we lifted and they were able to play some really good footy.”
The Tigers begin their finals campaign this week against Point Cook, where the winner will find themselves in a grand final.
“It’s going to be on for young and old,” Gilham said.
“I think it’ll be really tight, I don’t think it’ll be high scoring.
“I can see it being a real grind, and two teams just going at each other.
“It should be a good clash, they have some strengths that we have to look after, we’re similar. Looking forward to it.”
Harper Sercombe
