Four-time AFL premiership coach Alastair Clarkson will lead North Melbourne in 2023, informing the Kangaroos on Friday he has chosen them instead of Essendon.
Sydney climbed into the AFL top two with a 27-point triumph that leaves Collingwood needing a final-round victory to have any hope of securing a double chance.
Four goals from Hugh McCluggage helped Brisbane take care of business in their pursuit of a top-four berth, seeing off the GWS Giants in the Lions' first ever trip to Canberra.