Career
Originally from Western Australia, vandenBerg moved to Tathra, New South Wales with his family at ten-years of age. Then at Melbourne, Jason Taylor and the club decided to recruit him in December 2014. Whilst living in Canberra, he was completing a four-year apprenticeship at the Royal Australian Mint, but ended it after two and a half years to move to Melbourne.
VandenBerg was drafted to Melbourne with pick 2 in the 2015 rookie draft.
He returned to the side in round 15 against Essendon, and played the next four matches before injuring his ankle in August, he was then ruled out for the rest of the season after playing 14 matches in his debut season.