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Ex-Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was part of a group of senior staff that allegedly told an Indigenous player to pressure his partner into terminating her pregnancy and went to great lengths to separate First Nations stars from their loved ones, a review commissioned by the club will reveal.
Staff involved in the allegations also include Clarkson's his former assistant Chris Fagan, now the coach of the Brisbane Lions, according to a report by the ABC.
The report claims the incidents occurred during the club's golden run of success under Clarkson, when they won the 2008 grand final and three straight premierships from 2013-2015.
Clarkson (pictured with Luke Hodge celebrating Hawthorn's 2014 premiership win) is alleged to have told an Indigenous player to get his partner to abort their child, and break up
