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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.Shaquille ONeal Jersey . 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Danny Ainge Celtics Jersey . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in.NFL owners have approached the NFL Players Association several times in recent months about negotiating an extension to the current collective bargaining agreement, and they plan to initiate those discussions again soon, sources close to the situation told ESPNs Dan Graziano.One reason the owners want an extension is because they have exhausted all of the stadium credits that were negotiated in the 10-year deal with the players that was signed in 2011. The league is interested in trying to secure money to help fund a stadium in Las Vegas for the Oakland Raiders and possibly another facility in San Diego, sources said.The NFLPA would listen to the leagues overtures, but its likely the players would require somewhat significant concessions from the owners to agree to an extension at this point. Its also unclear what types of concessions would prod the players to the negotiating table. For example, the majority of players do not feel stronngly enough about the commissioners control over discipline to make it a major negotiating topic.ddddddddddddhe Las Vegas stadium project is one reason the league is interested in getting an extension done sooner rather than later.On Friday, the Nevada Legislature signed off on a plan to use $750 million in public money to build a stadium for the Raiders. The plan would raise hotel taxes by up to 1.4 percentage points in the Las Vegas area to fund a convention center expansion and build a 65,000-seat domed stadium.Raiders owner Mark Davis has pledged $500 million toward the stadium, $200 million of which would come from an NFL loan. Before the Raiders can move to Las Vegas, however, the team must apply for relocation with the NFL and get a three-fourths majority vote by owners to allow the franchise to move. ' ' '