Werribee will take on Brisbane in a preliminary final this weekend for a place in the 2023 Smithy's VFL Grand Final.

The Big W host the Lions at 12pm on Saturday in the club’s first preliminary final since a run of three from 2011 to 2013. It will be the second encounter between the teams this year having met in the opening round with Werribee going down by a single point at the Lions' Brighton Homes Arena.

The Lions progressed to their second straight preliminary final with a 40-point Semi-Final win over Williamstown this past weekend. The Lions finished the home and away season fourth before going down to Gold Coast in their Qualifying Final two weeks ago.

TEAM NEWS
Werribee welcomes back Michael Sodomaco and Connor Thar for Saturday's Preliminary Final against the Lions. 

Veteran defender Sodomaco returns after he missed the Qualifying Final against Box Hill with hamstring tightness, while small forward Thar has found his way back into the team and will play his first VFL game since May 14.

After lining up in five of Werribee's opening six games Thar suffered a syndesmosis injury in the first quarter of the Round 8 clash with Footscray at Avalon Airport Oval. The pair come into the side in place of Harry Grintell and Keegan Gray.