Who: Box Hill v Werribee
Where and when: Sunday August 7, 2:00pm at City Oval
Tickets: Available at gate - Adults $10, Members/Concession $5, Children under 15 free
Coverage: NMFC on Twitter | Werribee FC on Twitter | Match reports and highlights post-game on NMFC.com.au.
Summary
Just a few short weeks ago, Werribee was battling to snap a seven-match losing streak.
By Sunday night, if results fall its way, it could be outside the top eight by percentage only.
Defeats of North Ballarat and the Northern Blues in home comforts have reignited the Tigers’ season, and now they travel to Box Hill looking for a third consecutive victory.
Werribee has found its attacking firepower, kicking 25 goals last week; 10 of them coming from the forward trio of Majak Daw, Sam Durdin and Ben McKay. Without Daw this week, promoted to the AFL side, there’ll be a reshuffle of the marking targets closer to goal.
The Tigers met the Hawks earlier this season in a thrilling contest. Werribee came out the victors by just two points after an Aaron Black game-winning goal from 50 metres out in the dying moments.
Teams
Box Hill
B: Miles, Heatherley, Mirra
HB: Warren, Kennedy, Litherland
C: Willsmore, Howe, Hartung
HF: Webster, Stewart, Hardwick
F: Burton, Surman, Fitzpatrick
Fol: Pittonet, Woodward, Lovell
Int From: Iles, Gordon, Walker, Gibson, Lawlor, Lock, Evans, Switkowski, Keppel
Werribee
B: Meredith, Tippett, Petterwood
HB: Mountford, Hansen, Hibberd
C: Sodomaco, Hanson, McFarlane
HF: Nahas, Porter, Sherlock
F: McKay, Durdin, Gribble
R: Preuss, Conway, Wagner
Int From: Munro Williams, Brett, Vickers-Willis, Maishman, Barrack, Nielson, Jones, Corbett
How the bottom reaches of the final eight looks with four matches to play
The coach said
“We just want to finish the year positively. We botched up the middle part of the year, so we’ll find out where this crew is at.
“Hopefully we can keep going and maintain the little bit of momentum we’ve got in the last couple of games.” – John Lamont to Wyndham Leader
The AFL contingent
North Melbourne (Werribee)
It’ll be a different set of Roos playing this week against Box Hill compared to earlier in the year. Trent Dumont, Ryan Clarke, Farren Ray and Aaron Black were all influential in that game, but won’t be available this week due to either AFL commitments or injury.
On the smaller City Oval, the likes of Joel Tippett, Ed Vickers-Willis and Daniel Nielson will all be important in an attempt to quell Box Hill’s scoring power.
Hawthorn (Box Hill)
On the comeback trail from a knee injury, Alex Woodward excelled in his second match back last week, collecting 32 disposals and 10 clearances. Meanwhile former Demon Jack Fitzpatrick has been a forward target in recent weeks for the Hawks, while youngsters Ryan Burton and Kade Stewart are also named in the forward six.
The VFL contingent
Werribee
When Isaac Conway went down injured early in last week’s match, Werribee needed a midfielder to stand up, and Tom Gribble was the one to do so.
Gribble amassed 44 disposals on a day where no-one else on the field managed more than 30.
