Playing in wet conditions at ETU Stadium neither side was  capitalising on the scoreboard with a goalless opening 21 minutes before Jack Riding was able to convert a set shot. Port Melbourne then took control kicking two goals to close out the quarter with a five-point lead. They extended their lead to 17 points midway through the second term.

Jack Henderson, in his 101st game, took full advantage of a 50-metre penalty with a much-needed goal, kickstarting Werribee to three of the last four goals of the half, to narrow the lead to just five points at the main break. 

After the halftime break Garoni turned the game in Werribee’s favour. Despite the wet conditions, Garoni held onto three contested marks for three goals in the opening five minutes, flipping Port Melbourne’s lead into a 13-point Werribee advantage.

Momentum carried on in the Tigers’ favour with Flynn Young taking a courageous mark and kicking his first goal of the game. Garoni added his fifth goal and Jack Riding his third, pushing the lead to 25 points entering the last quarter.

Werribee controlled the last quarter which only saw two goals kicked. Jay Dahlhaus added to his season tally of 25 with the first major of the quarter. Port Melbourne kicked a consolation goal through Kyle Viccars in the final five minutes but Werribee ran out 27-point victors.

Defenders Sam Azzi and Stefan Radovanovic continued to stand up in the absence Nick Coughlan and Nathan Cooper, while fellow defenders Louis Pinnuck (ten marks) and Jesse Clark (seven marks) continued to rack up the marks across the backline.