GREATER Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron believes his side's clash with Melbourne in Canberra on Saturday will showcase two of the competition's most promising outfits.
The Demons were an upset 26-point winner over Gold Coast at the MCG in round one, and have a chance to win consecutive games to start a season for the first time since 2005.
The Giants go into the match as favourites for the second week running, and Cameron says the Demons are in a very similar position to his own club, both on and off the field.
"We started off this journey with a lot of young kids, and as the years have gone on we've added some mature players, and Melbourne are exactly the same," Cameron said.
"There's so much young talent on display. Both sides play a fantastic brand of footy, so you can clearly see we're making inroads.
"We want to come off the bottom of the ladder, and when two young sides come together it's a really good game of footy. Starting 2-0 is clearly better than starting 0-2."
GWS spearhead Jeremy Cameron is sure to provide plenty of headaches for Melbourne's defence, but the Giants will also have their hands full at the other end.
Boom Melbourne youngster Jesse Hogan showed off all his promise in his long-awaited debut against the Suns, and his first-up display has Dees' fans excited.
"The people of Canberra are going to see a fantastic game, it's going to be an absolute cracker with so many good duels," Cameron said.
"I just think it's going to be one of those games that comes down to the wire."
One of the match-ups pivotal to Saturday's contest will be between two of the competition's most combative ruckmen, with Giant Shane Mumford taking on Melbourne veteran Mark Jamar.
Mumford dominated St Kilda's Billy Longer in the opening round, but the former Swan knows he faces a very different player this week.
"I’ve got a very big task ahead of me, he’s one of the better ruckman in the competition and an All Australian in the past. I love the challenge and that's what it’ll be, a big challenge for us," Mumford said.
"He rucks a lot more like me, so it's going to be like two bulls going at it, locking horns, and away we go."
Mumford said the Giants' gritty win over St Kilda to start the season did wonders for the team's belief.
"The way we dug in at the end of the game to get over the line just shows we’re really maturing as a group," he said.
"Last year that was a game we probably would have lost, so it was a great start to the year."
