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.
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Winmar, AFL resolve dispute
Emma Quayle Nicky Winmar will return to Victoria Park after agreeing to launch AFL's indigenous round.
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AFL moves on concussion: will fund research
Jake Niall and Emma Quayle AFL, medical institute to attempt ground-breaking research on impact of concussion.
Players getting with the AFL's concussion program
Emma Quayle The AFL’s players have accepted that the days of underplaying head injuries and treating knocks as a badge of honour are gone, and that they must do their part to enforce the league’s new guidelines...
AFL to consider luxury tax
Emma Quayle A tax on football department spending are among new socialist measures considered by the AFL.
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Poorer AFL clubs might get bigger slice of Pies
Emma Quayle AFL teams on a significantly less even playing field than American counterparts, research says.
The 2012 AFL national draft
Emma Quayle How the opening round of the 2012 national draft may pan out.
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AFL targets Crows' 'secret cash' pledge to Tippett
Emma Quayle ADELAIDE is believed to have guaranteed Kurt Tippett $200,000 outside his contract and suggested the arrangement be kept secret from the league.
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AFL overhauls father-son bidding
Emma Quayle The AFL will put a new format in place for father-son bidding this year, to deal with the number of potential first-round picks likely to be nominated.
Live blog: Emma Quayle previews the AFL draft
Emma Quayle The 2011 AFL draft will be dominated by Greater Western Sydney, but there are plenty of opportunities for other clubs to find some talent.
Teamwork finds Aliir a family
Emma Quayle Aliir Aliir was 15 the first time football took him to his family.
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Manager's a tale of two giants
Emma Quayle One player was athletic, competitive and an enthusiastic student. He understood exactly how hard he needed to work if he was going to make it in the AFL.
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Two of a kind: Mentor's praise for Daw, Naitanui
Emma Quayle One player was athletic, competitive and an enthusiastic student. He understood exactly how hard he needed to work on it, if he was going to make it to an AFL team.
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Players will support steep increase in tests for PEDs
Emma Quayle Players will support AFL's determination to increase number of tests for performance-enhancing drugs carried out each year, as well as any additional efforts to guarantee them a level playing field.
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Cooney, Dogs in waiting game
Emma Quayle Adam Cooney is doing things he hasn't done in a while and he looks happy doing them, which is good news for him and his Western Bulldogs.
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Roos cut off Power, just
Emma Quayle North Melbourne ends Port Adelaide's unbeaten start to the season.
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Koschitzke vows to bounce back
Emma Quayle Key forward adamant he will be back once he serves his two-week suspension.
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Players can lessen ACL threat: Larkins
Emma Quayle Weekend's three ACL injuries point to increased speed and ferocity of game.
Racial abuse claim: police act
Emma Quayle A Hawthorn supporter accused of racially abusing North Melbourne players on the weekend has been issued a penalty notice after being identified by Victoria Police.
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Taking the long road
Emma Quayle Kurt Heatherley will become one of the AFL's best-travelled players, if and when he wears his Hawthorn jumper for the first time.
