Essendon drug scandal: The verdict

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Little: "We know there was nothing given to players that was harmful or illegal. No Essendon player failed a drug test."

Hird: "I'm not angry. I want our club to move on. Right now we want to play, we want to coach, we want to move on."

Hird gets emotional speaking about his family.

Hird thanks the top-up players.

Hird: "We made mistakes around governance in 2012...But, we want to move on."