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Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was heartened by an individual aspect of West Coasts upset win against Adelaide on Friday night.West Coast stand-in ruckman Jonathan Giles was superb and Clarkson is hoping his sides own ruck replacement Jack Fitzpatrick him when the Hawks strive to nail down a top four place against Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday afternoon.Fitzpatrick, recruited from Melbourne this season after managing only 22 games in six years, replaces the injured Jonathon Ceglar to share the big man duties with experienced Ben McEvoy.Weve always used our ruckmen in a 50-50 capacity. As you saw last night with Giles replacing (Nic) Naitanui, any player can come in and do a role for their side and thats what were expecting from Fitzy, Clarkson said.Clarkson is also buoyed by the timely return of versatile key position player Ryan Schoenmakers on the eve of finals.They know our structures and understand how we play and its important that they come in and just do their little bit for the side, he said.He (Schoenmakers) has missed a fair bit of footy, but over the last eight weeks he has been able to slowly build up and overcome that groin issue that he had.Its a bit of the unknown, but what we do know is he brings a strong presence in our front half and hes capable of doing some good things for us in the back half when we require him to.Schoenmakers and Jarryd Roughead - the latter sidelined all season due to cancer treatment - were the key forward targets in last years grand final triumph against West Coast.We havent had either of them for the whole year, so to have one back now is welcoming for us, he said.That footy is a funny game was not lost on Clarkson as he reflected on how his team feels about West Coast one week removed from a pantsing in the west.Strange thing, we hated the Eagles last week when they knocked us off and then loved them last night, he said.Its a strange situation with the final eight being so tight.You like to think youre in control of your own destiny right the way through, but with our loss to West Coast last week, it was going to be tough to get a home final at the MCG.But if we can get a victory tomorrow, that goal we set ourselves at the start of the year is realistic.Playing interstate is a hard gig for anyone in the competition and we found that out last week. Adidas NMD R1 Dames . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Adidas Zx Flux Goedkoop . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.nmdbelgie.com/kopen-adidas-nmd-dames-sale/nmd-R2-dames.html . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Adidas NMD Dames Outlet .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Adidas Tennis Hu Kopen . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chiefs cornerback D.J. White has had surgery for a fracture in his hand that happened in Kansas Citys win over New Orleans and will miss this Sundays game in Indianapolis.Chiefs coach Andy Reid says he doesnt know how long White will be out. The former sixth-round draft pick has played crucial snaps while cornerback Phillip Gaines has been dealing with a knee injury.Gaines was back at practice Wednesdayy and is expected to play for the Colts.ddddddddddddSteven Nelson has primarily played as the nickel back but is capable of playing on the outside, and Kenneth Acker is also capable of filling in at cornerback.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '