Clarkson steps away from AFL coaching indefinitely

Kangaroos manager Alastair Clarkson has stood down from his relation and the AFL for an indefinite period.

Clarkson is successful his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic North Melbourne coach, but has been nether unit arsenic a effect of the probe into attraction of Indigenous players during his clip arsenic Hawthorn coach.

"The nine is providing its afloat enactment to Alastair and we commend him for making this important determination to enactment his wellness first," North Melbourne president Dr Sonja Hood said.

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"Everyone progressive has been profoundly affected by the Hawthorn probe and the load connected Alastair has been significant."

Hood said Brett Ratten would enactment arsenic interim coach, and did not enactment a timeline connected Clarkson's return.

"We volition springiness Alastair immoderate clip helium needs to reconstruct his wellness and look guardant to welcoming him backmost erstwhile helium is afloat fit," she said.

"We person beardown leaders astatine our nine who volition measurement up and enactment and manager our squad portion Alastair spends clip focusing connected his health. 

"We are fortunate to person idiosyncratic of Brett Ratten's acquisition and capableness to manager the squad successful the interim."

Clarkson was manager astatine Hawthorn from 2005 until 2021, and led the Hawks to 4 premierships - including a historical three-peat from 2013 to 2015.

Adding to the unit of the Hawthorn investigation, tensions betwixt Clarkson and one-time protégé Sam Mitchell person simmered, aft details of a communicative Clarkson told AFL academy prospects astir Mitchell's expansive last struggles emerged.

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Clarkson has besides been captious of the Hawks' handling of the racism review, past week labelling it a "circus".

"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."

Ratten's archetypal crippled arsenic interim Kangaroos manager volition beryllium against the Swans connected Saturday day astatine Marvel Stadium. It is the AFL's Indigenous circular this week.

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