THE ALLEGATIONS MADE IN AN ABC REPORT REGARDING AN EXTERNAL REVIEW COMMISSIONED BY THE HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB INTO RACISM CLAIMS:-
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* Players were bullied into relocating, made to choose between their careers and families.
* At least two players were forced to replace the SIM cards in their phones in order to cut them off from their partners.
* A group of coaches, including Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan, urged a player to have his partner's pregnancy terminated.
* The same player was told to "get rid" of his partner and move into the home of an assistant coach.
* Another player was told his partner was holding him back and he needed to end the relationship to fulfil his football potential.
* The player was relocated to another residence and cut off from his partner, who was pregnant at the time and miscarried a few weeks later.
* Another new recruit from interstate was separated from his partner and young child, who was born soon after his arrival at the club. The family was not allowed to visit the player until the child was four months old because the club deemed the family would be a "distraction" to the player.
Australian Associated Press
