STAR MIDFIELDER Simon Black says the Brisbane Lions must "live in the moment" if they are to hand Geelong a first loss of the season this weekend.

Black, who won the club's Sands of Gallipoli Medal for best on ground in Sunday's 52-point win over Melbourne, agrees with coach Leigh Matthews' assessment that the Cats are beatable.

But in order to make that a reality, he says the Lions must approach the clash at Skilled Stadium with degree of quiet confidence.

"It's going to be a good challenge down there and I'm really looking forward to it," Black said.

"When we play well, we're a good side. We have to go down there with a bit of confidence – not just thinking they are the premiers and flying, but knowing that we are playing well ourselves and that if we get our share of the footy and use it well we'll go okay.

"When you play good sides like that, you just have to worry about the start of the game, worry about the moment you are in and keep getting in there and getting the footy without being intimidated."

Black's brilliant display against the Demons featured a game-high 36 possessions, eight of which were hard ball gets, and five clearances.

He predicted the clash with the Cats could be decided by the work around the clinches.

"It probably won't be a bad thing for us this week to do a bit of in-close, contested stuff at training," he said.

"The one thing I'd take from Geelong for our team, if I could, would be the way they extricate the ball from in close with the handball.

"It's bang, bang and then it's gone. They have an exceptional ability across the board to use the ball by hand and for teammates to read the play and spread.

Although the match against Melbourne was played two days after Anzac Day, Black said there was still a real sense of occasion – a feeling heightened by the Lions' visit to the Kokoda Track in late 2005.

Sunday's match ball was delivered by army helicopter half an hour before the first bounce. Black then proceeded to follow former skipper Michael Voss, Jonathan Brown and Nigel Lappin onto the Sands of Gallipoli honour-roll.

"It is always a special day – I remember early on in my career we used to go over to Perth and play Fremantle a fair bit for the Anzac Day round and it always added something a little extra," Black said .

"I really enjoy the occasion and I try to get to the dawn service each year, especially since we walked Kokoda.