On a Saturday night at the MCG, two of the AFL's most purposeful sides meet at the intersection of perfection and ambition. Geelong carries an unblemished 7-0 record into Round 8, yet arrives without their captain, Patrick Dangerfield, whose hamstring injury has opened a question the Cats must now answer about themselves. Melbourne, settled and confident at 5-2, offers the kind of test that reveals whether a team's excellence belongs to one man or to something deeper. What unfolds at 7:30pm AEST is less a football match than a reckoning with identity.
Unbeaten Cats face Demons test in MCG showdown
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