The Bulldogs won the flag from outside the top four in 2016. Is this the year another team does it?

Until the Western Bulldogs won the 2016 flag by winning four consecutive finals after finishing outside the top four, no one thought it was possible.

They proved it can be done.

Easton Wood (left) and Matthew Boyd celebrate the Western Bulldogs’ fairytale 2016 premiership, from seventh place.Credit: Scott Barbour