Clarkson blasts 'shameful' Hawks in racism saga

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By Simon Brunsdon and Ben Glover

A furious Alastair Clarkson has teed disconnected connected the "circus" helium claims the probe into allegations of racism astatine Hawthorn has become, calling the nine helium led to 4 premierships "shameful".

Clarkson and Brisbane caput manager Chris Fagan - arsenic good arsenic their erstwhile Hawks improvement manager Jason Burt - are nether the spotlight aft a study past twelvemonth made immoderate superior allegations against them.

Clarkson and Fagan person been permitted to proceed successful their existent caput coaching roles - astatine North Melbourne and the Lions respectively - but the probe appears immoderate mode disconnected being completed.

On Wednesday the chairperson of the probe panel, Bernard Quinn KC, released a connection alleging the 3 men successful question were refusing to beryllium interviewed until definite documents were made disposable to them.

The pursuing time Clarkson fronted a Kangaroos media conference, and went connected the attack, accusing Quinn of breaking a confidentiality agreement.

Former Hawks manager Alastair Clarkson. (Getty)

"We're conscionable waiting astir similar we person for the past 8 months to spot wherever it goes next," helium said.

"(It's a) spot intriguing that the feline who really establishes the protocol astir confidentiality really breaches it yesterday.

"We're conscionable waiting for the accidental and the level to beryllium capable to archer our broadside of the story, and erstwhile we get that, Fages, myself and Jase close from the get-go person been consenting to cooperate and beryllium progressive successful this investigation, but 8 months aboriginal we inactive haven't heard erstwhile oregon however it's each going to unfold.

"What's the constituent arguing astir it? The harm is done and the reputations person been scarred, and we've got to someway conscionable claw our reputations backmost done this full process, and each we privation is simply a just level to beryllium capable to bash that.

Twist successful Hawthorn racism scandal

"The procedural fairness offered to myself, Fages and Jason has been adjacent to zero, and that's peculiarly frustrating."

Quinn had not issued a effect to Clarkson's comments astatine the clip of writing.

Clarkson, for the archetypal clip since this ungraded broke, took purpose astatine his erstwhile club, Hawthorn.

"There's 1 peculiar enactment retired determination that was the catalyst for each this, that haven't been investigated astatine all," helium said.

"Their governance and behaviour successful this full thing, the Hawthorn Football Club, conscionable shameful.

"Let's bash an probe connected them and their practices and spot however they go.

"All these events… conscionable makes it a circus, idiosyncratic conscionable needs to chopped done it each and instrumentality ownership of the full process, whether that's from wrong the Hawthorn Football Club oregon the AFL."

Following the Clarkson property conference, Hawthorn released a statement.

"Hawthorn continues to cooperate afloat with the AFL and the autarkic sheet portion the probe continues," the Hawks said.

"We wholly recognize that this process, and the velocity astatine which it has been conducted, has been frustrating for everyone involved.

"At each measurement of this process the nine has complied with our obligations under AFL integrity rules and confidentiality agreements."

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