Clarkson fires back at North speculation

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North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson says talk of the Kangaroos’ demise is predictable and simply “happens in the game” to the club sitting at the bottom of the AFL ladder.

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has laughed off a former club president ’s comments that the Kangaroos could become extinct.

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson says the club is succeeding off the field and there is no reason it should not continue its 99-year stay in the competition. Picture: Darrian Traynor / Getty Images “My son was laughing last night, saying ‘13 years ago Dad, the first quarter of the Essendon-Gold Coast game was 94 to 1’.

Roos co-captain Jy Simpkin and Luke Davies-Uniacke have injury complaints and will have to tick ‘one more box’ to be able to face St Kilda on Sunday, Clarkson says. Picture: Michael Klein It comes as senior on-ballers Luke Davies-Uniacke and Jy Simpkin head into Sunday’s clash against St Kilda under injury clouds after both sustained knocks against Adelaide in Hobart.

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