‘Significant reflective moment for me’: AFL hands down ruling on Clarkson over Saints spray
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has received a $20,000 fine from the AFL as punishment for a fiery spray during the Kangaroos’ pre-season clash with St Kilda, in which he abused Saints players Jimmy Webster and Dougal Howard. Clarkson is alleged to have called the two players ‘c–ksuckers’ in response to Webster’s brutal hit that concussed Kangaroos co-captain Jy Simpkin, for which he copped a seven-week suspension from the AFL Tribunal. In addition to the...