By Tara Murray
Werribee got back to playing closer to the brand of footy it wants to play as it returned to the winners list in the Victorian Football League.
After a couple of disappointing performances and sitting 1-3, the Tigers were under the pump heading into their Anzac Day match with Williamstown. The Seagulls also entered the match 1-3.
Werribee was up by 16 points at quarter time before the Seagulls reduced to two points at the main break.
The Seagulls then took the lead in the third quarter by seven points, leaving the Tigers with some work to do.
A six goal to two final quarter was enough for the Tigers to get their second win of the season on the board, winning 12.7 (79)-8.11 (59).
Tigers coach Jimmy Allan was much happier after that result.
“It was much better,” he said. “We played back to close to the way that we wanted to play, that was the most pleasing thing.
“It was a really good contest and they were right on top for large parts of the second and third quarter.
“We were able to hold on and find a way to finish it off.”
Allan said it was pretty ordinary conditions and they had a small breeze in the final quarter.
He said they felt confident they could get the job done with it being only seven points the difference.
“We felt like even though we weren’t in front that we were doing enough right,” he said.
“We were making costly errors and they were making us pay. I felt like if we could fix that we would be right.”
Allan said the pleasing thing was having contributions across the board which had really benefited them.
He said it was the leaders that really led from the front.
“We challenged them and they really responded,” Allan said. “We need them to play well every week.”
Dom Brew was at the top of the list with 35 disposals, 16 clearances and eight tackles, while Jack Riding had 24 possessions.
Allan said Brew had been really good for four weeks.
“He’s been doing everything he can for the team,” he said. “It was nice for him to get some reward for effort.
“He had a lot of the ball and for him it’s more about having an impact and his impact was huge.”
Louis Pinnuck was able to put in place some things they had been working on at training, while Flynn Young continued his good form.
Allan said he could have easily listed a lot more standouts.
Harry Maguire and Zac Banch kicked three goals each for the Tigers.
It was Maguire’s second game for the club. Allan said he was slowly building into the season after an injury interrupted start.
“He was excellent for us in the pres-season,” Allan said “He played his first game last week and we weren’t expecting miracles.
“He worked his way into the game and kicked a couple of goals in the final quarter. He had a couple of other opportunities and on a dry day he would have clunked them.
The Tigers are back at home again this week on Saturday against Frankston.
Allan said it would be another big challenge for them.
Meanwhile, the North Melbourne Werribee women’s side also had a win against Williamstown.
The Seagulls pushed the reigning premiers for a half before the Kangaroos were able to hit the scoreboard in the second half to win, 6.8 (44)-4.1 (25).
