Latrell Mitchell is the latest player to be suspended for a key final

THE Roosters will be hoping to win their way through to the grand final to prevent Latrell Mitchell from remembering this season for all the wrong reasons.Throughout the last 20 years only 15 players have been suspended in finals football. Of the teams that those 15 players represented, only three went on to win the grand final.The Broncos in 1998, the Roosters in 2002 and the Rabbitohs in 2014 are the only teams to win a grand final in the last 20 years, when one of their
players has been suspended in the finals.Mitchell was suspended for the preliminary final, after he unsuccessfully challenged a charge for a crusher tackle on Josh Dugan.The Roosters need to beat the winner of the semi-final between the Rabbitohs and Dragons next week, to save Micthell the anguish of costing his side a premiership.We looked at five of the most infamous finals suspensions and found out just how catastrophic a finals suspension can be for a side.However despite sometimes denying a player the opportunity to play in a grand final, history shows teams can overcome suspensions to some of their best players to win it all.