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.
I still get emotional, says Winmar
Emma Quayle Nicky Winmar has a simple message for football fans who abuse players, 20 years after making his famous stance against racism in the AFL. Relax, enjoy yourselves and let the players play.
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Magpie Dwyer may be recruit of the year, says Maxwell
Jake Niall and Emma Quayle Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley praises all 22 of his players after win over Geelong.
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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.
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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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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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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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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Neeld hopes to surprise Blues with young forwards
Emma Quayle Jack Watts has joined Mitch Clark on the sidelines at Melbourne, and will miss the next two or three matches with a strained hamstring.
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Injury-hit Dees call up fresh faces
Emma Quayle Surgery to remove a screw from Mitch Clark's foot went well, but he will still miss up to eight matches.
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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.
Beyond the night
Emma Quayle Tom Liberatore is off to a good start in his bid to win back trust and respect.
Aish: up for any challenge
Emma Quayle James Aish should be one of the first few players picked in the national draft.
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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...
