HAWTHORN’S young side will learn fromSunday’s heart-breaking loss to Port Adelaide, coach Alastair Clarkson says.

With his side leading by seven points witha minute remaining in the match, Clarkson watched on as the more-experiencedPower slammed home two late goals to snatch victory and perhaps close the dooron a possible top-four berth for the Hawks.

But the Hawthorn coach remainedphilosophical after the match.

“We didn’t play that last couple of minutesparticularly well, I’m afraid,” Clarkson said.

“As we know in this game, unless you playfour quarters of footy you can get hurt, and that happened today.

“We put ourselves in a winning position andprobably should have won the game from where we were, but our guys will learnfrom that.

“It’s a harsh way to learn but we need tomove on.”

The Hawks had their chances to kick furtherin front throughout the match and looked home at various stages.

They thwarted Port’s first fightback of thefinal term before tough midfielder Jordan Lewis had the chance to virtually endthe contest with a set shot from 25m out with two minutes remaining.

Despite knowing that his team might havecost itself a top-four spot by slipping up, Clarkson refused to vent hisfrustration.

“It’s a home and away game,” he said.

“We lost it. It’s disappointing but it’snot a final … it’d be more gut-wrenching if it was a final and you were in awinning position and you were to lose a game.

“We’ll learn from it. We’ve got a younggroup … we just need to put it behind us.”

The Hawks coach played down thesignificance of Chad Cornes’ role in the Power’s win, saying the versatilestar’s brother had inflicted more damage.

Chad Cornes was allowed to roam free forstages of the first half and finished the game with 29 possessions, butClarkson said brother Kane (38 possessions, three goals) had a more profoundimpact.

“At different stages [Chad] was free andat others he was picked up,” Clarkson said.

“Kane was the player who really hurt ustoday … he was the pivotal player for their side.”