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One former player claims coaches urged him to have his partner’s pregnancy aborted

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The AFL says an external review has revealed allegations of "extremely serious" historical racism incidents at the Hawthorn Football Club.

Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan are named in a Hawthorn review into how First Nations players were treated during Clarkson's time at the helm of the Hawks. Warning — this story contains details of self-harm, pregnancy loss, and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous people.

Brisbane ball magnet Lachie Neale is a narrow Brownlow Medal favourite from Melbourne's Clayton Oliver and Carlton's Patrick Cripps.

Brisbane are out of the finals and free agent Dan McStay is set to leave, but Lions coach Chris Fagan is optimistic about his AFL club's prospects next year.

Many experts say its harder to win a preliminary final than the grand final itself. The Lions say the won't get caught out again by the Geelong Cats in tonight's AFL preliminary final.

It wasn't just Dayne Zorko that took stock after a jarring final-round AFL loss to Melbourne that proved a turning point for Brisbane's unlikely finals run.

Chris Fagan kept faith that the Lions would eventually turn around their AFL finals form - and they did, with a famous upset of Melbourne at the MCG.