Emma Quayle
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.
Football
Roos recruit college player
Emma Quayle Four months ago, Eric Wallace had never heard of a Sherrin, let alone kicked one.
AFL
American basketballer signs on with North Melbourne
Emma Quayle Four months ago Eric Wallace had never heard of a Sherrin, let alone kicked one. But now the American college basketballer has signed with North Melbourne as an international rookie, with hopes of...
Clubs give boot to punts on teenagers
Emma Quayle ''Rookies'' by definition are new and untried: it's time for a name change.
New clubs stretching talent pool to the limit
Emma Quayle The truth is, drafting is getting harder. Numbers were down in last year's rookie draft and this time clubs made fewer than 30 'live' picks, following on from last month's shorter-than-usual national...
Football
Delay draft until season eve: Dees
Emma Quayle Delaying the pre-season or rookie draft would give clubs greater flexibility, says Mark Neeld.
Football
Demons' days: from go to doze
Emma Quayle The Saturday Age got a look at the work Melbourne is doing to lift the club in 2013.
Hibberd takes on a proud number
Emma Quayle Michael Hibberd met Merv Neagle at an Essendon function at the start of this year.
Crows back Trigg, plan for a return
Emma Quayle and Jon Pierik Adelaide Crows chief executive and football operations manager avoid the axe.
Stand by your scam
Emma Quayle Adelaide accepts AFL sanctions, but also points out that it considers them rough.
Crows throw support behind under-fire Trigg to keep top job
Emma Quayle, Jon Pierik ADELAIDE have backed chief executive Steven Trigg's claim that he verbally cancelled a written agreement to trade Kurt Tippett to the club of his choice three years ago.
Bitter Tippett pays the price
Emma Quayle Kurt Tippett's demeanour at Friday's hearing of his draft and salary cap breaches costs him $25,000.
Tippett faces hefty stint on sidelines following breach
Emma Quayle, Jake Niall KURT TIPPETT is facing up to half a season out of the game after negotiations with the AFL neared completion on the eve of the commission's special hearing into Adelaide's salary cap misdemeanours.
AFL
Tippett may miss half a season over cap breach
Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Crows appear certain to be ruled out of the first two rounds of the 2013 draft.
The Tippett saga: how it went wrong for Crows
Emma Quayle Almost two years after Adelaide talked Kurt Tippett into staying, the web began to unravel.
Tippett defiant as Crows cop it sweet
Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Kurt Tippett remains determined to clear his name at Friday's AFL Commission hearing.
AFL
Tippett nominates for pre-season draft
Emma Quayle The AFL has allowed Kurt Tippett to remove himself from Adelaide's list and nominate for the pre-season draft with set financial terms.
Ex-Bomber Prismall trains with Port Adelaide
Emma Quayle Port Adelaide has emerged as a potential new home for delisted Essendon player Brent Prismall, who has joined the club for pre-season training.
Choices made, now the real work begins in earnest
Emma Quayle What happens to players from now on is more important than anything they have done so far.
Giants usher in new blood with top picks
Emma Quayle EVERY AFL club has spent more than two years waiting for Lachie Whitfield to become old enough. Whitfield's long wait ended too, the teenager on his way to Greater Western Sydney as the No.
'Character' is draft buzz word
Emma Quayle The Western Bulldogs liked the way Jake Stringer played football: hard.
