Dom Brew will become the first Werribee player of the 2024 season to reach the 100 games milestone when he runs out in Saturday’s Round 11 clash against Frankston.

Brew becomes the latest player to reach 100 club games, and achieve Werribee Life Membership.

Brew’s form has continued from his career best 2023 campaign where he won his first Bruce Montgomery Trophy and earnt VFL Team of the Year honours.

Earlier this year the inside midfielder was named Victorian captain as the Big V returned to state of origin footy against the SANFL. Brew is also currently sitting second in the Rebel Coaches MVP Award, two votes behind Geelong’s Mitch Hardie. 

Brew arrived at Werribee in 2017 from North Albury where he shared the playing field with Shaun Mannagh. Their coach, former AFL star Jason Akermanis, advised the pair to give VFL a go.

He broke into the senior side Round 9 2017 debuting against the Northern Bullants and making an immediate impact for John Lamont’s side, picking up 22 disposals, seven clearances and laying nine tackles. Brew never looked back after that point, playing the remainder of the season and averaging 17 disposals and 12 tackles. 

When long-standing captain Michael Sodomaco stood down as a leader after seven years of captaincy following the 2021 campaign, Dom Brew was voted co-captain alongside Tom Gribble for the 2022 season. Coach Michael Barlow at the time saying that “In all my time in football clubs I’ve never seen someone invest in others as much as Dom Brew does”. Brew has since remained in the leadership group, being named vice-captain under Nick Coughlan for 2023 and 2024. 

Senior coach Jimmy Allan spoke highly of the impact that Brew has had on the club in the short time they have worked together; “He lives and breathes the Werribee Football Club. He epitomises the trademark values of the club, and sets the standard every training session and game.”

Werribee will return home to Avalon Airport Oval for a Round 11 showdown against fellow standalone club Frankston.

Werribee are sitting third on the ladder and are running hot with four consecutive wins. This sets the stage for a highly anticipated showdown but the excitement goes beyond the game itself. Werribee is gearing up for our annual Big Freeze Day to help Neale Daniher raise money to fight the beast - MND.  

Neale is a past player for the Werribee Football Club notably kicking 44 goals in our 1991 Grand Final season. Neale’s Werribee teammate Ian Wilson (past player #366)  wrote about the importance of Fight MND to the club in this piece earlier in the year.

To help fight the beast, the pre-game President’s function will be transformed into a fundraiser for MND, consisting of an auction, beanies for sale and multiple guest speakers. Purchase your tickets to the function here.

Werribee come into the clash fresh off defeating the reigning premiers the Gold Coast Suns at their People Fight Stadium on Sunday. 

Frankston are sitting ninth on the ladder the Dolphins will be looking to bounce back after a narrow one-point loss to Sandringham at home last week, conceding the match winning goal in time-on of the last quarter. 

It promises to be a great contest and even more exciting, with no local footy this King’s Birthday weekend in Melbourne, entry will be FREE. Gates open at 12:30pm.

As Werribee put together their fourth win in a row up on the Gold Coast the next in line continued to impress with strong numbers at local level. Read about how the 12 Werribee players went across their seven local leagues in this week’s weekly player report:

Ballarat Football Netball League: 

Joel Cadman - Darley
Cadman played a huge role in helping Darley to a three-goal win over Sebastopol. Named in the best, Cadman kicked two goals and 31 disposals also included 14 contested possessions, 13 marks, with four contested, and eight inside 50s.

Geelong Football Netball League: 

Olivier Northam - St. Joseph’s
Northam stuffed the stat sheet again in an after-the-siren win over St. Mary’s. The ruckman won 40 hitouts, with 14 to advantage, and found 20 disposals, including a massive 17 contested possessions and eight clearances.  

Connor Thar - Lara
Thar made an impact in Lara’s tough loss to Colac. He gathered 16 disposals, hit the scoreboard with a goal, and had three clearances and three inside 50s. 

Charlie Byrne - Newtown & Chilwell
Byrne played another strong game off half-back in a thrilling win over Geelong West. Named in the best, Byrne had 27 disposals, at an effective 85%, with 18 kicks, six rebound 50s and four marks.  

Gennaro Bove - Newtown & Chilwell
Bove played well up forward in the seven point win for Newtown. He gathered an efficient 16 disposals, went inside 50 five times, laid four tackles. He is building nicely after missing the 2023 season. 

Emmanuel Ajang - Geelong West Giants
Ajang came up against Charlie Byrne and Gennaro Bove in Saturday’s thrilling GFNL clash. He picked up 16 disposals, including three clearances and three inside 50s.

Geelong District Football Netball League: 

Daly Andrews - Werribee Centrals
Andrews was dominant in his second game for Werribee Centrals returning from his Round 5 knee injury. In what was a scrappy game in wet conditions, Andrews showed his class, particularly around stoppages, to lift Centrals to a 12-point win.

Essendon District Football League:

Reuben William - Keilor
William had a good game off half-back in Keilor’s 126 point win over Aberfeldie. He had 15 disposals at an effective 87%, took five marks, including several intercept grabs, and went inside 50 multiple times. 

Victorian Amatuear Football Association: 

Sam Conway - Melbourne University Blacks
Played his best game of the season for the Uni Blacks and was named in the best in their win over Fitzroy. Conway was dominant in the ruck, and strong around the ground, finding 13 disposals, with 12 contested, seven clearances and laying four tackles. 

Zayne Galea - Williamstown CYMS
It was another tough day for the CYs, as they went down to Old Trinity by 63 points. Galea tried hard in defence all day, picking up 11 disposals at an effective 73%, along with four marks.

Northern Football Netball League: 

Darcy Bennett - Banyule
Continues to string games together playig his third match for Banyule since returning from his pre season hamstring injury. Bennett was strong in the ruck, and made an impact at ground level with four clearances, four inside 50s and eight 1%ers. 

Bellarine Football Netball League:

Ed McCoy - Torquay Tigers
Had a good game in the ruck for the ladder leaders in a win over Barwon Heads. McCoy had 10 disposals, with seven contested, and won 22 hitouts, with seven hitouts to advantage. 

Werribee’s good form continued with a fourth win in a row this time over the Gold Coast Suns. 

Meeting for the first time since the 2023 Grand Final Werribee emerged victorious with a 17-point margin defeating the Suns 13.12.90 to 11.7.73.

It was a sweet victory for Werribee first year coach Jimmy Allan and boosted his side up to third on the ladder. 

The Suns started the game strongly, booting the first two goals in quick succession. For the second consecutive week Jack Henderson ignited Werribee's attack kicking the team's first two majors. Jay Dahlhaus maintained his goal-kicking form with a trademark snap in the first quarter, and Louis Pinnuck again snuck forward to add another long-range goal to narrow the margin to just three points by quarter time. This was Pinnuck’s third goal of the season, a feat he has not managed since 2019. 

Gold Coast began the second quarter in a similar fashion kicking the first two majors opening up an 18-point lead. However a strong fightback saw Werribee kick four goals in a row and take a seven point lead into the main break. Flynn Young and Hudson Garoni both kicked goals to begin this run. Garoni was able to maintain his record of scoring in every game this season.

The third quarter was a tight, goal-for-goal tussle, with both sides managing only two goals. Hudson Garoni kicked his second of the quarter and 18th of the season, elevating him into the top five in VFL goalkicking. An Aidan Johnson goal from the ruck just before three-quarter time provided Werribee with a bit of breathing room, giving them a nine-point lead at the final break.

Gold Coast kicked the first goal of the final quarter, with Sam Day’s third of the day reducing the lead to four points. After a 10-minute goalless stretch Cooper Whyte capped off a great afternoon with his first goal in Werribee colors—a classy snap from the pocket. Werribee then dominated the remainder of the quarter.

Jack Henderson’s 25 disposals, nine clearances, and seven marks earned him the Round 10 Totally Workwear Player of the Round. Nick Hayes sealed the victory with a big contested mark on the goal line, converting Werribee’s third consecutive goal to secure a 17-point win. 

Louis Pinnuck continued his good form with a team-high 28 disposals and 14 marks. Fellow defenders Riley Bice and Jesse Clark also had fantastic afternoons. Bice offering run and carry all day and picking up 23 disposals and seven marks while Clark had ten marks picking up 17 disposals.