Dom Gleeson is jubilant as he walks off the field after the Tigers stunning win over Casey. 70272 Picture: DAMIAN VISENTINI
BY MICHAEL ESPOSITO
WERRIBEE captain Dom Gleeson didn’t reflect much on breaking the club’s game record on Saturday. He had bigger fish to fry.
Gleeson, who played his 136th game for Werribee in the Tigers’ demolition of Casey in the semi-final, said he’ll wait for the end of his career to do that.
At the moment, all his thoughts are centred on the preliminary final clash against Williamstown. The match guarantees a Western Suburbs side in the VFL grand final.
Not that there’s ill feeling between the two clubs, but their geographical proximity and Werribee’s former relationship with the Western Bulldogs, now affiliated with Williamstown, has resulted in a fierce rivalry.
“There’s boys who grew up in Williamstown playing for Werribee, and vice versa I suppose,” Gleeson said.“I don’t think there’s a lot of animosity between the two clubs but we were aligned with the Western Bulldogs and they opted to go another way and we were happy to do so as well. But I think it’s a good little spinner to the game and probably a little bit of ammunition going into the game.”
Last time the two sides met, Williamstown won by 13 points. At the time, Satterley remarked that the main positive of the game is that his side played poorly and still within 13 points of the powerhouse side.
Gleeson said Williamstown was good at making its opposition play badly.
“They’re a great side, they’ve proved it in the Foxtel Cup, they’ve proved it all year, but by no means have they got it over us mentally. We’re pretty confident that we
can maybe have a good win against them.
But Werribee’s same-final victory against Casey signalled yet another forward step in the side’s rapid development this year.
