At Marvel Stadium on a Saturday afternoon, two teams arrive carrying very different kinds of weight. The Western Bulldogs, restored to something closer to their full selves with the return of key forwards, seek to keep a finals dream alive in a season that has swung between promise and doubt. The North Melbourne Kangaroos, bearing a 1-13 record that tells only part of their story, come not as sacrificial opponents but as a side that has learned, quietly and without fanfare, that they are capable of competing — and occasionally winning.
Bulldogs welcome back firepower for Marvel clash with struggling Kangaroos
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