Welcome to the best weekend in footy!
Sure, everyone wants to be in the 'big dance', but it's often the preliminary finals that seem better than the main event. It's not hard to see why, as the desperation to get to that last Saturday in September can be felt around the country.
Each season's pair of prelim's seem to appeal a larger portion of real fans and are contrasted by the far more corporate feel of Grand Final Day.
As this penultimate weekend so often produces contests that live long in the memory, we have decided to look at some that still live in the memories of fans everywhere.
8. Western Bulldogs vs. GWS (2016)
Possibly one of the greatest games of footy of all time.
The Giants with their wealth of talent were favourites on their home deck, however, an extremely vocal Western Bulldogs crowd made the atmosphere feel like neutral territory.
In a see-sawing contest that had everything, you couldn't avert your eyes for even a second.
For the Giants, losing Callan Ward to concussion proved costly as the Doggies stormed home to a famous victory. Marcus Bontempelli's goal to put them ahead still gives chills before the Pups' fairytale was sealed a week later.
