2026 VFL Season Qualifying Final 2: Werribee v Box Hill

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 2026 between Werribee and Box Hill in the second qualifying final of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League. Werribee hosted Box Hill at Avalon Airport Oval. Jesse Clark captained the hosts with Dom Brew as vice-captain. Stuart Horner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Lowther and the visitors were coached by David Mirra.

Werribee (15.6.96) were defeated by Box Hill (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 2026 VFL Season
Round: Second Qualifying Final
Teams: Werribee v Box Hill
Date: Saturday 29 August 2026
Time: 2:05 PM
Venue: Avalon Airport Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Werribee def. by Box Hill
Score: 15.6.96 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Werribee	2	.	4	7	.	4	12	.	6	15	.	6	15	.	6	(96)
Box Hill	5	.	2	10	.	4	11	.	7	16	.	13	16	.	13	(109)
Margin	BOXH by 16			BOXH by 18			WERB by 5			BOXH by 13			BOXH by 13
Duration	30:52			32:40			33:23			31:58			2:08:53

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Werribee) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Box Hill) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Werribee

Captain: Jesse Clark
Vice-Captain: Dom Brew
Coach: Dan Lowther

Box Hill

Captain: Stuart Horner
Coach: David Mirra

Player Statistics

Werribee

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Azzi, Sam	CHB	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	2	1	?	1	0	3	2
29	Brew, Dom (vc)	INT	?	1	1	25	17	8	1	0	12	6	?	0	0	3	8
3	Busuttil, Jordan	HFFL	?	0	0	23	16	7	2	0	6	6	?	1	1	2	7
27	Clark, Jesse (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	21	14	7	9	0	1	0	?	0	1	4	0
14	Cousins, Mace	HBFR	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	5	2	?	0	0	0	3
7	Depasquale, Anthony	WL	?	5	1	10	10	0	6	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	2
12	Donegan, Sam	FPR	?	0	0	14	6	8	5	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	4
6	Elliott, Will	FF	?	2	0	7	5	2	0	3	1	2	?	1	0	0	1
8	Ivisic, Xavier	INT	?	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	3	2	?	0	2	1	2
21	Keighran, Zane	INT	?	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	2
20	Kuol Mun, Ajang	RU	?	0	0	19	10	9	2	26	5	11	?	1	1	2	4
1	Lazzaro, Charlie	RO	?	0	0	22	9	13	5	0	7	7	?	2	1	1	6
30	Lloyd, Mitchell	FB	?	0	0	25	15	10	15	0	3	0	?	1	0	3	2
17	Maguire, Harry	FPL	?	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
34	Pavlidis, Jaelen	BPR	?	0	0	25	13	12	10	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	1
9	Pinnuck, Louis	BPL	?	1	0	23	21	2	7	0	2	0	?	1	1	6	3
33	Riding, Jack	HFFR	?	0	1	24	15	9	6	0	6	1	?	1	1	1	7
45	Robb, Micah	C	?	2	0	10	4	6	1	0	10	1	?	4	0	0	2
23	Simpson, Thomas	RR	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	3
35	Smith, Jake	INT	?	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	0
5	Tullio, Noah	INT	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
4	Whyte, Cooper	WR	?	1	0	20	12	8	5	0	5	1	?	1	1	1	5
28	Wright, Brady	CHF	?	3	1	8	5	3	5	1	1	0	?	1	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	6	358	222	136	102	30	82	42	0+	17	11	31	67

Box Hill

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
58	Bianco, Trent	INT	?	0	0	20	15	5	7	0	1	1	?	0	0	6	1
36	Blanck, James	FB	?	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	1
30	Butler, Sam	FPR	?	3	2	23	15	8	6	0	5	3	?	2	1	1	4
34	Dalton, Jack	WL	?	1	0	16	8	8	2	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	1
13	Dear, Calsher	CHF	?	4	2	8	8	0	4	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	1
76	Farrer, Tom	INT	?	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	1
35	Greeves, Ollie	RO	?	1	0	26	20	6	3	0	1	7	?	1	0	4	6
41	Hill, Matt	RR	?	1	0	13	4	9	2	0	5	1	?	1	1	0	3
62	Horner, Stuart (c)	HBFR	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	3	0
44	Hustwaite, Henry	C	?	0	0	26	9	17	1	0	3	10	?	2	0	0	3
31	LeRay, Matthew	HBFL	?	0	0	24	13	11	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	4	3
20	Maginness, Finn	FPL	?	0	1	26	11	15	6	0	5	7	?	0	1	3	6
27	McCabe, Will	BPR	?	0	0	23	14	9	9	0	1	3	?	1	0	4	6
50	McLaughlin, Brodie	INT	?	1	0	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	2
21	Mraz, Noah	CHB	?	0	0	14	10	4	10	1	0	0	?	0	1	4	0
22	Nairn, Cam	HFFL	?	1	0	23	13	10	9	0	3	0	?	0	0	1	8
39	Perez, Flynn	WR	?	0	0	20	9	11	5	0	4	2	?	0	1	5	0
79	Pewtress, Will	INT	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	0
73	Preston, Corey	INT	?	1	1	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
38	Ramsden, Max	HFFR	?	1	2	13	8	5	4	12	2	2	?	1	0	1	1
7	Reeves, Ned	RU	?	1	0	12	4	8	2	36	6	1	?	2	1	2	0
26	Ryan, Bodie	BPL	?	0	0	13	11	2	5	0	1	0	?	0	3	4	0
29	Schubert, Aidan	FF	?	1	2	7	5	2	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				16	13	361	205	156	102	49	45	38	0+	11	17	50	48

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Werribee							Coach: Dan Lowther
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	26	B. Ryan	36	J. Blanck	27	W. McCabe	20	A. Kuol Mun	29	D. Brew (vc)
	12	S. Donegan	6	W. Elliott	17	H. Maguire	23	T. Simpson	8	X. Ivisic
FORWARD							1	C. Lazzaro	21	Z. Keighran
HALF-BACK									35	J. Smith
	31	M. LeRay	21	N. Mraz	62	S. Horner (c)			5	N. Tullio
	33	J. Riding	28	B. Wright	3	J. Busuttil
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	34	J. Dalton	44	H. Hustwaite	39	F. Perez
	4	C. Whyte	45	M. Robb	7	A. Depasquale	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							7	N. Reeves	58	T. Bianco
HALF-FORWARD							41	M. Hill	76	T. Farrer
	22	C. Nairn	13	C. Dear	38	M. Ramsden	35	O. Greeves	50	B. McLaughlin
	14	M. Cousins	19	S. Azzi	27	J. Clark (c)			79	W. Pewtress
HALF-BACK									73	C. Preston
FORWARD
	20	F. Maginness	29	A. Schubert	30	S. Butler
	34	J. Pavlidis	30	M. Lloyd	9	L. Pinnuck
BACK
Box Hill							Coach: David Mirra

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WERB	Micah Robb goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:31
	BOXH	Sam Butler goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	05:38
	BOXH	Corey Preston behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	06:40
	WERB	Brady Wright behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:36
	BOXH	Sam Butler behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	14:07
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale behind	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	16:27
	WERB	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	17:42
	BOXH	Jack Dalton goal	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	18:59
	BOXH	Matt Hill goal	1.3.9	-	3.2.20	20:23
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	1.3.9	-	4.2.26	21:55
	BOXH	Ollie Greeves goal	1.3.9	-	5.2.32	23:00
	WERB	Dom Brew behind	1.4.10	-	5.2.32	26:50
	WERB	Dom Brew goal	2.4.16	-	5.2.32	29:34
Q2	BOXH	Cam Nairn goal	2.4.16	-	6.2.38	01:12
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	2.4.16	-	7.2.44	02:24
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	3.4.22	-	7.2.44	03:48
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	4.4.28	-	7.2.44	11:13
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	5.4.34	-	7.2.44	13:31
	BOXH	Corey Preston goal	5.4.34	-	8.2.50	15:16
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	5.4.34	-	8.3.51	16:17
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert goal	5.4.34	-	9.3.57	17:30
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	5.4.34	-	9.4.58	21:19
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	5.4.34	-	10.4.64	22:15
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	6.4.40	-	10.4.64	26:19
	WERB	Micah Robb goal	7.4.46	-	10.4.64	27:58
Q3	WERB	Jack Riding behind	7.5.47	-	10.4.64	00:13
	WERB	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	10.4.64	02:08
	BOXH	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	10.5.65	03:30
	WERB	Will Elliott goal	8.6.54	-	10.5.65	06:50
	BOXH	Max Ramsden goal	8.6.54	-	11.5.71	13:59
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	9.6.60	-	11.5.71	15:45
	WERB	Brady Wright goal	10.6.66	-	11.5.71	18:20
	WERB	Brady Wright goal	11.6.72	-	11.5.71	20:18
	WERB	Brady Wright goal	12.6.78	-	11.5.71	22:41
	BOXH	Max Ramsden behind	12.6.78	-	11.6.72	26:47
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	12.6.78	-	11.7.73	32:26
Q4	BOXH	Sam Butler goal	12.6.78	-	12.7.79	03:31
	BOXH	Sam Butler goal	12.6.78	-	13.7.85	05:10
	BOXH	Sam Butler behind	12.6.78	-	13.8.86	06:53
	WERB	Anthony Depasquale goal	13.6.84	-	13.8.86	08:02
	BOXH	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	13.9.87	09:20
	BOXH	Brodie McLaughlin goal	13.6.84	-	14.9.93	11:15
	BOXH	Ned Reeves goal	13.6.84	-	15.9.99	12:27
	BOXH	Aidan Schubert behind	13.6.84	-	15.10.100	13:33
	BOXH	Calsher Dear behind	13.6.84	-	15.11.101	14:50
	BOXH	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	15.12.102	15:43
	WERB	Cooper Whyte goal	14.6.90	-	15.12.102	19:29
	BOXH	Finn Maginness behind	14.6.90	-	15.13.103	24:25
	BOXH	Calsher Dear goal	14.6.90	-	16.13.109	25:28
	WERB	Louis Pinnuck goal	15.6.96	-	16.13.109	28:52

Links

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