Alastair Clarkson will coach North Melbourne in 2023, in line with early studies.
AFL.com.au‘s Damian Barrett broke the story on Friday morning, after every week of hypothesis over whether or not the four-time premiership coach would return to AFL ranks on the Kangaroos or Essendon.
Clarkson had instructed media earlier within the week that he would have a call by Friday, with the Bombers having thrown themselves into rivalry on the eleventh hour.
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