You often hear that teams are only as good as their bottom six.

But how good are the bottom six players for the Cats and Tigers in the Preliminary Final?

The Tigers and Magpies are a chance to play off in this year’s Grand Final, but in the SANFL, the Tigers v Magpies means a different level of rivalry

As Tom Basso reports, we could be seeing two significant moments in footy history this September.

After shutting down Lachie Neale and playing an important role in the Giants’ late season success, Matt de Boer could be about to have the biggest influence on a game in his career.

But who will he stop against the Pies?

With the season over, it’s time to count down the top 50 players of the year, according to the Mongrel Punt Power Rankings.

We’re finally at the Top ten

Trent Adam Shields has an eye for detail, and he watched the semi final between the Giants and Lions closely.

Here’s how he rated every player

Trent Adam Shields has an eye for detail, and he watched the semi final between the Cats and Eagles closely.

Here’s how he rated every player

The fiasco surrounding Willie Rioli's drug testing disaster has exposed another glaring weakness in the league's testing, and reporting structure.

As Tom Basso reports, this could have compromised the entire finals series

Week two is done and dusted and Gab Rossi is sharing all the wisdom he picked up in the two huge clashes.

After a deplorable first half of umpiring, we got a grandstand finish in Brisbane, with the Giants moving onto the prelim to face the Pies.

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly.

The Cats knocked over the reigning premiers and moved into a Preliminary Final against Richmond

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly.

With the season over, it’s time to count down the top 50 players of the year, according to the Mongrel Punt Power Rankings.

Let’s keep it going with ranks 20-11

As fans squinted through a game between the Cats and Magpies, barely able to discern who was who, it raised questions about the decision making in the AFL.

Tom Basso looks at the jumper clash and who was responsible.

While all the attention is currently focused on the incident between Toby Greene and Marcus Bontempelli, many have missed the story bubbling under the surface.

Did the Giants as a whole just beat down the Dogs?

Gab Rossi isn’t slacking off during finals, that ain’t his style. He’s got 10 opinions for your reading pleasure.

The Tigers hit the road to take on the Lions at the Gabba. There was only one king of the Queensland jungle

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly.

The charge of the Dogs has ended in a big way as the Giants gave them a bit of a finals belting

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly.

The Cats didn’t fall over at the first finals hurdle - they were pushed out of the way and knocked down by the Magpies

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly of the most one-sided ten point win in finals history

As we head into the finals, we come to realise we might be seeing players for the last time.

The Mongrel takes a look at one of the greatest of all time, and what could be the final weeks of his career

The Eagles passed the first test of September on their quest to go back-to-back, defeating Essendon in the west.

Here’s The Mongrel’s good, bad and ugly

The coaches are weighing up the options and making their decisions.

Trent Adam Shields takes a look at the selection headaches ahead of the first week of finals

With the season over, it’s time to count down the top 50 players of the year, according to the Mongrel Punt Power Rankings.

Let’s keep it going with ranks 30-21

Are you a fan of the week off? Like that your team gets a break before finals?

Or, as Tom Basso speculates, would a pair of sudden-death games increase the excitement heading into finals?

So many disappointments in the All-Australian side this season.

The Mongrel will either rectify some, or make them worse with his selection of the All-Australian B-Team

With the season over, it’s time to count down the top 50 players of the year, according to the Mongrel Punt Power Rankings.

Let’s keep it going with ranks 40-31

For the last 15 years of his life, the Geelong Cats have treated Nicholas Sluggett to the highs and lows of finals footy.

He takes a walk down memory lane and reminisces on the great moments and not so great moments of being a Geelong supporter in September.

With the season over, it’s time to count down the top 50 players of the year, according to the Mongrel Punt Power Rankings.

Let’s kick it off with 50-41

The votes are in and the arguments are settled.

24 hours before the official team is released, here’s The Mongrel’s All-Australian Team for 2019 courtesy of Matt Oman

The Adelaide Crows have underachieved again, and with plenty of players apparently disgruntled, The Mongrel looks at who is out the door.

The woes of the Gold Coast Suns are well documented, but as people throw around priority picks and recruiting zones as ways of helping, one avenue has not been explored.

Tom Basso looks at the team who could not make it into free-to-air TV outside Queensland all year.

Our bitter Carlton man Gab Rossi is at it again. Watching, learning, and hating a bit on poor old Ben Brown’s run up.