2026 VFL Season Round 21: Werribee v Sandringham
This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between Werribee and Sandringham during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Victorian Football League.
Werribee hosted Sandringham at Avalon Airport Oval.
Jesse Clark captained the hosts with Dom Brew as vice-captain.
Blake Watson captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Dan Lowther and the visitors were coached by Daniel Ward.
Werribee (23.10.148) defeated Sandringham (13.11.89).
Match Details
Season:
2026 VFL Season
Round:
Round 21
Teams:
Werribee
v
Sandringham
Date:
Saturday 15 August 2026
Time:
2:05 PM
Venue:
Avalon Airport Oval
Match Results
Outcome:
Werribee
def.
Sandringham
Score:
23.10.148 - 13.11.89
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Werribee | 7 | . | 2 | 13 | . | 3 | 17 | . | 7 | 23 | . | 10 | 23 | . | 10 | (148) |
| Sandringham | 5 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 4 | 10 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 11 | 13 | . | 11 | (89) |
| Margin | WERB by 11 | WERB by 29 | WERB by 42 | WERB by 59 | WERB by 59 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 33:51 | 31:41 | 32:53 | 32:07 | 2:10:32 | |||||||||||
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 (Sandringham) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Werribee
Captain: Jesse ClarkVice-Captain: Dom Brew
Coach: Dan Lowther
Sandringham
Captain: Blake WatsonCoach: Daniel Ward
Player Statistics
Werribee
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 19 | Azzi, Sam | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Brew, Dom (vc) | RO | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Busuttil, Jordan | FB | ? | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | ? | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Charleson, Lachlan | INT | ? | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Clark, Jesse (c) | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | Cousins, Mace | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Depasquale, Anthony | HBFL | ? | 7 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Donegan, Sam | C | ? | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ? | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Eyers, Ryan | WL | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Grintell, Harry | HFFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ivisic, Xavier | CHB | ? | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Keighran, Zane | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Kuol Mun, Ajang | FPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Lazzaro, Charlie | BPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Maguire, Harry | CHF | ? | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Pavlidis, Jaelen | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 37 | Pearce, Eli | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 5 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Pinnuck, Louis | HBFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Riding, Jack | INT | ? | 5 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 | Robb, Micah | INT | ? | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | Simpson, Thomas | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Whyte, Cooper | BPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Wright, Brady | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 23 | 10 | 381 | 222 | 159 | 115 | 40 | 47 | 45 | 0+ | 16 | 11 | 33 | 55 | |||
Sandringham
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 41 | Bater, Owen | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Brown, Kynan | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Chirgwin, Darcy | FPL | ? | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ? | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 45 | Cooper, Kyle | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ? | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Harrop, Charlie | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Heelis, Darby | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Hopkins, Ben | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Hutchings, Josh | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Johnson, William | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 28 | Murphy, Hamish | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Peckett, Jett | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Philactides, Nathan | HFFR | ? | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Pinter, Daniel | RO | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Riley, Lachie | C | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Stefanakis, Andreas | HFFL | ? | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Stephenson, Benjamin | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Stevens, Bode | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Sutherland, Noah | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Theodoropoulos, Ricky | BPR | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Voss, Lachlan | FF | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Watson, Blake (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ? | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Williams, Ethan | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Yze, Noah | HBFL | ? | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Rushed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 13 | 11 | 342 | 181 | 161 | 74 | 38 | 67 | 38 | 0+ | 11 | 16 | 31 | 46 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Werribee | Coach: Dan Lowther | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 | E. Williams | 3 | B. Hopkins | 60 | R. Theodoropoulos | 27 | J. Clark (c) | 32 | L. Charleson | ||||||
| 23 | T. Simpson | 21 | Z. Keighran | 20 | A. Kuol Mun | 28 | B. Wright | 34 | J. Pavlidis | ||||||
| FORWARD | 29 | D. Brew (vc) | 37 | E. Pearce | |||||||||||
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| 6 | N. Yze | 7 | B. Watson (c) | 8 | W. Johnson |
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| 19 | S. Azzi | 17 | H. Maguire | 16 | H. Grintell |
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| 9 | K. Brown | 10 | L. Riley | 11 | B. Stephenson |
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| 14 | M. Cousins | 12 | S. Donegan | 10 | R. Eyers | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 25 | J. Hutchings | 41 | O. Bater | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 28 | H. Murphy | 45 | K. Cooper | |||||||||||
| 13 | A. Stefanakis | 14 | B. Stevens | 15 | N. Philactides | 31 | D. Pinter | 49 | D. Heelis | ||||||
| 9 | L. Pinnuck | 8 | X. Ivisic | 7 | A. Depasquale |
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| 17 | D. Chirgwin | 20 | L. Voss | 22 | C. Harrop |
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| 4 | C. Whyte | 3 | J. Busuttil | 1 | C. Lazzaro |
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| Sandringham | Coach: Daniel Ward | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WERB | Anthony Depasquale behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 05:01 |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 05:59 | |
| SNDH | Daniel Pinter behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 07:48 | |
| SNDH | Kynan Brown behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.2.2 | 09:29 | |
| SNDH | Darcy Chirgwin goal | 1.1.7 | - | 1.2.8 | 11:04 | |
| SNDH | Noah Yze behind | 1.1.7 | - | 1.3.9 | 12:43 | |
| SNDH | Lachie Riley goal | 1.1.7 | - | 2.3.15 | 13:39 | |
| WERB | Louis Pinnuck behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.3.15 | 15:26 | |
| SNDH | Noah Yze goal | 1.2.8 | - | 3.3.21 | 16:08 | |
| WERB | Harry Grintell goal | 2.2.14 | - | 3.3.21 | 18:10 | |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 3.2.20 | - | 3.3.21 | 19:05 | |
| WERB | Harry Maguire goal | 4.2.26 | - | 3.3.21 | 20:40 | |
| SNDH | Andreas Stefanakis goal | 4.2.26 | - | 4.3.27 | 23:50 | |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 5.2.32 | - | 4.3.27 | 25:25 | |
| SNDH | Noah Yze goal | 5.2.32 | - | 5.3.33 | 27:07 | |
| WERB | Micah Robb goal | 6.2.38 | - | 5.3.33 | 29:13 | |
| WERB | Cooper Whyte goal | 7.2.44 | - | 5.3.33 | 30:53 | |
| Q2 | SNDH | Josh Hutchings goal | 7.2.44 | - | 6.3.39 | 00:52 |
| WERB | Jordan Busuttil goal | 8.2.50 | - | 6.3.39 | 03:47 | |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 9.2.56 | - | 6.3.39 | 04:54 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 10.2.62 | - | 6.3.39 | 06:35 | |
| SNDH | Noah Yze behind | 10.2.62 | - | 6.4.40 | 08:42 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 11.2.68 | - | 6.4.40 | 11:34 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 12.2.74 | - | 6.4.40 | 14:09 | |
| WERB | Brady Wright behind | 12.3.75 | - | 6.4.40 | 18:34 | |
| SNDH | Andreas Stefanakis goal | 12.3.75 | - | 7.4.46 | 24:27 | |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 13.3.81 | - | 7.4.46 | 26:01 | |
| SNDH | Andreas Stefanakis goal | 13.3.81 | - | 8.4.52 | 29:13 | |
| Q3 | SNDH | Rushed behind | 13.3.81 | - | 8.5.53 | 00:39 |
| SNDH | Noah Yze goal | 13.3.81 | - | 9.5.59 | 02:20 | |
| WERB | Lachlan Charleson behind | 13.4.82 | - | 9.5.59 | 05:48 | |
| WERB | Micah Robb behind | 13.5.83 | - | 9.5.59 | 11:53 | |
| SNDH | Ricky Theodoropoulos behind | 13.5.83 | - | 9.6.60 | 13:21 | |
| WERB | Harry Maguire goal | 14.5.89 | - | 9.6.60 | 15:01 | |
| WERB | Charlie Lazzaro goal | 15.5.95 | - | 9.6.60 | 16:44 | |
| WERB | Rushed behind | 15.6.96 | - | 9.6.60 | 18:49 | |
| WERB | Micah Robb behind | 15.7.97 | - | 9.6.60 | 21:59 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 15.7.97 | - | 9.7.61 | 23:26 | |
| SNDH | Andreas Stefanakis goal | 15.7.97 | - | 10.7.67 | 24:41 | |
| WERB | Xavier Ivisic goal | 16.7.103 | - | 10.7.67 | 26:29 | |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 17.7.109 | - | 10.7.67 | 31:45 | |
| Q4 | WERB | Xavier Ivisic goal | 18.7.115 | - | 10.7.67 | 01:21 |
| WERB | Anthony Depasquale goal | 19.7.121 | - | 10.7.67 | 02:56 | |
| WERB | Ajang Kuol Mun goal | 20.7.127 | - | 10.7.67 | 05:56 | |
| WERB | Micah Robb behind | 20.8.128 | - | 10.7.67 | 07:03 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 20.8.128 | - | 10.8.68 | 08:01 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 20.8.128 | - | 10.9.69 | 09:44 | |
| WERB | Sam Donegan behind | 20.9.129 | - | 10.9.69 | 15:22 | |
| SNDH | Rushed behind | 20.9.129 | - | 10.10.70 | 16:19 | |
| SNDH | Darcy Chirgwin behind | 20.9.129 | - | 10.11.71 | 17:51 | |
| SNDH | Nathan Philactides goal | 20.9.129 | - | 11.11.77 | 18:59 | |
| WERB | Micah Robb behind | 20.10.130 | - | 11.11.77 | 20:50 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 21.10.136 | - | 11.11.77 | 21:28 | |
| WERB | Jack Riding goal | 22.10.142 | - | 11.11.77 | 22:47 | |
| SNDH | Jett Peckett goal | 22.10.142 | - | 12.11.83 | 26:07 | |
| SNDH | Ricky Theodoropoulos goal | 22.10.142 | - | 13.11.89 | 28:06 | |
| WERB | Ryan Eyers goal | 23.10.148 | - | 13.11.89 | 30:48 | |