Fagan 'doesn't recall' key Hawks accusation

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Brisbane Lions manager Chris Fagan denies helium was astatine a gathering wherever a Hawthorn subordinate was asked to person his partner's gestation terminated, according to starring writer Caroline Wilson.

The coaching careers of some Fagan and Alastair Clarkson are "hanging successful the balance" successful the aftermath of humanities allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players astatine Hawthorn.

The AFL will found an autarkic sheet to analyse the claims, which main enforcement Gillon McLachlan described arsenic "harrowing".

Clarkson was the caput manager of the Hawks astatine the time, portion Fagan was a elder subordinate of staff.

A study published by the ABC includes an accusation from 1 player, fixed the pseudonym "Ian", wherever helium claims helium was encouraged by the nine to person his partner's gestation terminated, and to permission his spouse and determination successful with an adjunct coach.

It's alleged some Clarkson and Fagan were astatine that meeting.

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"Chris Fagan and radical adjacent to him are not definite that Chris Fagan was really astatine the meeting, and I deliberation Chris Fagan has told the Brisbane Lions that helium doesn't callback it, that helium wasn't astatine that meeting" Wilson said connected Nine's Footy Classified.

"The information volition travel out, truthful evidently determination are antithetic versions of events."

Clarkson's start day with North Melbourne has been delayed, portion Fagan has stepped speech arsenic Brisbane coach until the probe is finalised.

AFL commissioner Andrew Newbold has besides taken a permission of absence. He was the Hawthorn president from 2012-2016.

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"We spot 2 coaching careers, large coaching careers, hanging successful the balance, and an AFL commissioner's aboriginal hanging successful the balance," Wilson said.

"If these allegations are proven, Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan volition not manager again."

During the play covered by the accusations, Hawthorn won 3 consecutive premierships successful 2013-14-15, conscionable the 2nd nine to execute that feat since 1960. Clarkson besides took the Hawks to the 2008 title.

"Both these men (were) portion of that large (era), 3 premierships successful a row, 1 a fewer years earlier that Alastair Clarkson was besides progressive in, they've been tainted successful my view," Wilson said.

According to Wilson, the AFL volition denote the four-person sheet connected either Thursday oregon Friday. It volition see 2 women and 2 indigenous representatives, with Gillon McLachlan confirming connected Wednesday it would incorporate the "right premix of diversity".

"They've (AFL) learnt their acquisition from the Adelaide campy reappraisal wherever fundamentally a radical of indigenous players including Karl Amon, Steven May and Shaun Burgoyne spoke to Gillon McLachlan astir the information that those Adelaide players were truly being reviewed by achromatic ex-cops," she said.

"That volition change. The anticipation is the probe into these allegations volition beryllium completed wrong 2 months."

In a connection issued connected Wednesday by the Brisbane Lions, Fagan welcomed the investigation.

"He was not consulted during the Hawthorn sponsored reappraisal and looks guardant to the accidental to beryllium heard arsenic portion of the AFL investigation," it said.

Meanwhile, successful a abstracted statement, Clarkson said helium was "shocked" by the claims.

"I was not interviewed by the authors of the study commissioned by the club, and nor person I been provided with a transcript of the report," helium said.

"I was not afforded immoderate owed process and I refute immoderate allegation of wrongdoing oregon misconduct and look guardant to the accidental to beryllium heard arsenic portion of the AFL outer investigation."

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