It is the showdown of the VFL Tigers and the AFL Tigers
Werribee v Richmond.
This game was scheduled for the Torquay Football Club (home of the Torquay Tigers) but due to numerous circumstances, the game will now be played at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday May 24th.
A little known piece of Tigers history is that in 1965 when Werribee made its debut in the VFA it had the choice of two sets of colours- Richmond’s or St. Kilda’s. Alan Cations who was on the original Werribee committee, and a former Richmond player, knew a bloke who knew a bloke, who said he could get the club a set of new Richmond jumpers. So Werribee played its first game in jumpers supplied by the Richmond Football Club.
The Werribee v Richmond game will be broadcast live on ABC TV as the Peter Jackson VFL Match of the Day starting at 1.10pm. So Tigers fans of both denominations, head to Avalon Airport Oval for the ‘Cat Fight of the Year’.
Last Modified on 20/05/2014 07:23