The 19 year-old earned best-on-ground honours in defence, negating the opposition forwards during Werribee's win at Skilled Stadium.
A host of new names featured for the Tigers, including former Roo Leigh Harding as a six goal to two first half blew the game open.
Swirly conditions make for tough football weather, but it had no impact on rookie Cameron Pedersen (20 possessions, 8 marks). He continued his promising form down back and even had a short spell in the ruck.
Ben Speight (23 possessions, 7 marks) could be close to a senior call-up after another impressive effort through the middle of the ground, while Matthew Scott (17 possessions, 4 tackles) was as good as ever with his pressure and tackling in the clinches.
Mark Blake, Trent West and Dawson Simpson looked a daunting challenge for second-year rookie Majak Daw (8 possessions, 17 hit-outs), but he battled manfully all day and capped the game off with a stunning goal from way beyond the 50 metre arc..
Up forward Ben Ross (17 possessions) and Ben McKinley (9 possessions, 2 goals) were serviceable without stamping their authority on the game.
Ben Warren (14 possessions, 6 marks) did his best to catch the eye of coach Brad Scott with a hard-working performance in attack.
With a win on the board, now comes an even greater challenge against Collingwood in round three.
