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SAM MITCHELL got one over his old mentor Alastair Clarkson as Hawthorn recorded its first win of 2023 with a 19-point victory over the previously unbeaten ...

The Kangaroos will be lamenting co-captain Jy Simpkin's needless one-game ban for striking Fremantle's Caleb Serong in an off-the-ball incident last week, particularly when in-form midfield bull Davies-Uniacke was forced to withdraw at the last minute having experienced calf tightness in the warm-up. Fremantle mature-ager Michael Barlow was the only player previously to do that, before having 17 in his third game. Third-gamer Sheezel was looking to become the first player in AFL history to start their career with three straight 30-disposal games, having had 34 and 30 touches against West Coast and Fremantle respectively. The 40-year-old got one over his old mentor in Launceston, utilising a gameplan that Clarkson's side only came to grips with in the second half, only to leave its run too late. This fixture was long in the diary for football fans, marking the first meeting between Mitchell and Clarkson as head coaches since their awkward end at Hawthorn. The Hawks led disposals 172-115 at half-time, with defenders Changkuoth Jiath, Blake Hardwick, Jack Scrimshaw and Sicily having plenty of ball.

Sam Mitchell has struck the first blow in his coaching rivalry with former mentor Alastair Clarkson, with Hawthorn holding off a final-quarter surge from ...

He builds the spirit." "The way they delivered during the week ... We had a tough week and people thought we would perhaps never win a game ever again," Mitchell joked with reporters postgame.

While neither North Melbourne or Hawthorn will challenge for the flag this year, Saturday's clash loomed as a mouth-watering one between the two sides that ...

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“It hasn‘t been risky but it’s been aggressive and brave at the right time. “Multiple times the way that they have been able to work through the North Melbourne defence. “Who is going to replace the Luke Davies-Uniacke role? Will Phillips comes into the team, we know how highly touted he‘s been the last couple of years. “They have a desperately young list. “This is Hawthorn getting their hands on the football (+53 disposals at half-time) and the majority of those have been kicks and that equates to ground position and forcing the Kangas to defend.” It’s been pleasing in the first half to see the difference from the first two weeks from a Hawthorn perspective. But this is the other side of the football, enticing North Melbourne to think that there is an option on, By the time the ball gets there they just get a fingertip in or a huge spoil. But the master rallied his troops to rattle on five goals in a row to trim the margin to single digits before Hawthorn responded with the final three goals to record their first win of the year. “A game of keepings off at the moment, end to end for no score,” Underwood noted. The Roos kept closer in the final stanza after Tucker kicked the opener after getting subbed on to make it just a 10-point game. Charlie Comben made it two in row for Clarkson’s side to bring it back to a one-point game, while Brockman responded with his first for the day — and the season.

It was a messy departure that only got messier in the months that followed. On Saturday, Alastair Clarkson will coach against Hawthorn for the first time in ...

[Jake Niall](/by/jake-niall-hved4)is a Walkley award-winning sports journalist and chief AFL writer for The Age.Connect via “We’ve got a pretty significant issue in terms of the investigation,” Clarkson said, when asked on Thursday about his estrangement from Hawthorn. But if others within the competition – including the Brisbane Lions’ hierarchy – first pointed to Hawthorn’s handling of the First Nations players’ complaints as the source of the imbroglio, Kennett says the fault does not lie with the Hawks. “And I feel sorry for Hawthorn.” [Cyril Rioli and his wife Shannyn also have joined the ABL group](/link/follow-20170101-p5chiw) in airing their concerns about alleged mistreatment in the past. The review detailed the testimony and alleged mistreatment of several First Nations players and their partners. This led to the Mitchell handover – probably expedited by Collingwood’s apparent interest in Mitchell as a replacement for Nathan Buckley. An offer of mediation, without lawyers present, by Arnold Bloch Leibler’s influential Leon Zwier – who is representing several players and their partners – has not yet been accepted. Officials at both North Melbourne and Hawthorn have wondered what would happen on Saturday if Clarkson crossed paths with Reeves. The Hawks say they hope Clarkson will be there for the reunion. They know that Clarkson will not be joining them on the flight back from Launceston. Clarkson does nurse an animus towards Reeves, as Hawthorn and North Melbourne people acknowledge.

Caroline Wilson has said that The Age would not have published the ABC's bombshell report about racism at Hawthorn if they had had the story.

Wilson said she spoke to The Age’s editor at the time, Gay Alcorn, who told her they wouldn’t have published the story as it ran by the ABC. Caroline Wilson has said that The Age would not have published the ABC’s bombshell report about racism at Hawthorn if they had had the story. The story was published in September last year and an independent AFL investigation is still ongoing.