The Werribee Tigers continued their winning ways with a 12-point win over Casey Scorpions at Avalon Airport Oval last Saturday as Ben Carbonaro reports.
After a strong game against Coburg the previous week, the Tigers faced a test against a Casey team that was above them on the ladder.
Werribee opened the game with a strong first quarter performance kicked three goals to Casey’s one. The Tigers back six led by Robbie Tarrant did a good job in cutting off many of the visitor’s attempts to drive the ball forward. Despite losing captain and ball magnet Dominic Gleeson in the early minutes to concussion, the Tigers led by 13 points at quarter time.
The home team continued to play better football during the second quarter as they were able to maintain consistency and make Casey work hard at the stoppages. Werribee held a handy 14 point lead at the main break.
Despite Casey’s best attempts to get back into the game, the delivery to their forward line and general ball movement was stalled thanks to a strong Werribee performance. The Tigers took advantage of some costly skill errors and got the ball down the ground with ease. A 35 point lead at three quarter time was enough to suggest that the home side were over the line.
While the Scorpions kicked seven goals in the final quarter, the Tigers were able to hold on to win what was at times a fiery clash. This came after they led by 47 points early in the quarter and were cruising to what looked like a strong home win.
Tigers coach Paul Satterley didn’t think the game was won until the final siren had sounded.
"I didn't think we had it won until the siren blew at the end," Satterley said.
"I just thought we just dropped off with a bit of composure with the footy when we just needed to slow things down a bit."
Satterley was frustrated with the final quarter as his team let Casey back into the contest.
"It was a stressful game of footy towards the end," he said.
"Our boys were flat on their feet and I thought they were, too, but because they got a sniff of the game obviously their momentum grew a bit and they just got a little taste of perhaps winning the game."
Robbie Castello and Ben Warren kicked three goals each for the Tigers, while North Melbourne listed Robbie Tarrant was best for his efforts in defence where he held Casey spearhead Brendan Fevola to two goals.
Lynden Dunn topped the goal kicking for Casey with 3, while teammate Addam Maric (30 disposals) was best on ground for the Scorpions.
This week for Werribee is a trip down to the Peninsula as they face Frankston on Sunday, while Casey hosts the Box Hill Hawks also on Sunday.
Last Modified on 05/07/2011 18:04