North Melbourne

As he prepares to face his former club, Alastair Clarkson has given the Kangaroos a Hawks flavour.

Even if it was beyond my time at Hawthorn, I then spent 12 months working with Tasmania trying to work out how they can get a 19th team. "It's going to be a strange set of emotions, but it's one I'm looking forward to. We'll be down there to try and win a game of footy. But there's also going to be another part of me, I'm wearing blue and white colours now. Speaking to AFL.com.au before round one, Clarkson said the emotional experience of facing Hawthorn would be "strange". Brett Ratten was an assistant coach under Clarkson during each of the side's premierships in 2013, 2014 and 2015.