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It's past time Australia and the AFL faced up to its history of racism and exclusion.

Hawthorn's Indigenous great Shaun Burgoyne says he was unaware of any racism claims during his decorated playing career at the AFL club.

Clarkson and Fagan were on staff at Hawthorn during the period when it is alleged First Nations players and their families were mistreated

AFL club Hawthorn's external racism review alleges it separated First Nations players from families and demanded one terminate a pregnancy.

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.