TIPS: Our experts select Round one AFL teams You need a lot of things going right to win an AFL premiership. Or rather, you used to. Because in light of Hawthorn's second consecutive premiership last year, that's another football maxim that might need some re-writing. The Hawks' most recent flag was remarkable mostly for the number of obstacles the club confronted and then overcame to complete its second lot of back-to-back premierships. A catalogue of injury, and at one stage even the serious illness of senior coach Alastair Clarkson, might have completely derailed a lesser outfit's season. Key players the calibre of Brian Lake, Cyril Rioli, Ben Stratton, Sam Mitchell, Josh Gibson and Brad...
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