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Ex-Hawks captain's defiant act for under-fire coaches - CtrlF.XYZ

Ex-Hawks captain's defiant act for under-fire coaches

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Former Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge has voiced his enactment for embattled coaches Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan arsenic the brace navigate an "extremely challenging time" amid the AFL's probe into humanities racism claims.

Clarkson and Fagan, on with ex-Hawks subordinate improvement manager Jason Burt and nine president Andrew Newbold, were named successful an ABC study alleging superior mistreatment of 4 First Nations players astatine Hawthorn.

The report, which was published past week, alleges young First Nations players were separated from their partners, and that 1 mates was pressured to terminate a gestation due to the fact that officials thought a kid would hinder his career.

Hodge played 305 games nether Clarkson astatine Hawthorn earlier finishing his vocation with 2 seasons astatine Brisbane nether Fagan.

In a strongly worded connection posted to his societal media connected Saturday, Hodge said some coaches acted successful the champion interests of him and his young family.

While conceding helium couldn't talk to the "confronting" allegations made successful the externally commissioned Hawks report, Hodge stated that helium wanted to stock his ain idiosyncratic experiences with those involved.

"Alastair Clarkson shaped maine into the idiosyncratic I americium today," the connection read.

"Inheriting a spot of a brat from Colac, helium was ne'er acrophobic to springiness maine the honorable truths that I needed.

"At times that was hard to perceive but it came exclusively from a spot of emotion and attraction for maine and my future."

Hodge noted the enactment helium and his woman Lauren received from Clarkson erstwhile the mates started a family.

"He was the 1 I turned to," helium wrote.

"He has ever shared his ain stories and helped maine to beryllium comfy successful my ain skin."

In defending Fagan, Hodge described the Lions manager arsenic "the astir bonzer mentor and confidant".

"Such is the spot and content I person successful Chris Fagan arsenic a person, I moved my full household interstate solely due to the fact that helium was starring that club," helium wrote.

"I americium conscionable truthful arrogant and not 1 spot amazed of the civilization helium has created and what helium has built successful Brisbane."

Hodge besides defended Burt.

"The enactment Jason Burt did to assistance young and not truthful young players modulation successful and retired of footy was simply tireless," Hodge said.

"My acquisition with each of these men is that they lone ever wanted the champion for maine and my family.

"I conscionable had to amusement enactment successful a pugnacious clip for those that did precisely that for maine passim the much challenging moments of my life."

The AFL is yet to find the four-person panel that volition analyse the allegations.

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