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.
Rookie draft faces forward move
Emma Quayle The AFL is considering near back-to-back national and rookie drafts.
Rookie's source of wellbeing
Emma Quayle Brett Goodes sees himself as more than short-term support for his young Western Bulldogs teammates.
Johnson out for three
Emma Quayle Geelong forward out for two or three weeks after minor knee surgery.
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...
Clubs give boot to punts on teenagers
Emma Quayle ''Rookies'' by definition are new and untried: it's time for a name change.
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.
Emma Quayle's club-by-club guide to the 2012 national draft
Emma Quayle All that you need to know about the clubs and the players up for grabs in the draft.
'Character' is draft buzz word
Emma Quayle The Western Bulldogs liked the way Jake Stringer played football: hard.
Historic drop in rookie draft numbers as clubs lose faith
Emma Quayle Fewer than 30 rookies could be drafted this year, the least in the history of the draft.
Hawk Osborne gone but he will be back
Emma Quayle and Will Brodie Hawthorn planning to redraft injured veteran in the pre-season draft.
AFL
Power ponders best option for Monfries
Emma Quayle Angus Monfries' move to Port Adelaide may come via a trade rather than free agency.
Wellingham wants to soar with Eagles
Emma Quayle Player's declaration on West Coast website comes as a surprise to his current club.
AFL
Caddy shacks up with Cats, Moloney to Lions
Emma Quayle Geelong and Gold Coast have all but completed a deal that will see Josh Caddy play for the Cats next year.
AFL
Lions make late bid for popular Pie
Emma Quayle The Brisbane Lions have made a late pitch for Collingwood forward Chris Dawes.
AFL
Pies, Demons to thrash out Dawes deal
Emma Quayle Collingwood forward Chris Dawes has requested a trade to Melbourne.
AFL
Young Cats, old Cats the perfect mix
Emma Quayle Jordan Murdoch was not sure what to think when he was drafted to Geelong late last year.
Cats confident they will claw their way back
Emma Quayle Andrew Mackie had plenty of words to describe what happened to Geelong.
Football
Djerrkura to head home
Emma Quayle Nathan Djerrkura retires from the Western Bulldogs, deciding to head home to the NT rather than play out the final year of his contract.
Carlton dogged to end
Emma Quayle Depleted Carlton hangs on to grind out a win over the Western Bulldogs.
Father-son rules change opens up options
Emma Quayle Clubs to get option of recruiting father-son prospects as rookies during draft.
