Jake Niall
Jake Niall is a senior sports writer at The Age, specialising in AFL football. Jake joined The Age in 1998, having previously worked as a sports writer on The Sunday Age. He writes a blend of news, feature articles and a weekly column during the football season. Before joining The Sunday Age, Jake was a freelance reporter in the US and a regular contributor to The Sunday Age and The Age from Los Angeles, covering diverse areas like politics, earthquakes, celebrity trials and American sport. Jake ghost wrote the autobiography (‘Collingwood and Me’, 1991) of champion Collingwood footballer Peter Daicos. While he writes primarily about the AFL, he spends the month of January covering tennis, especially the Australian Open. In 2008, Jake won the Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards' Best Sports Story in any medium for his profile piece on David Schwarz.
AFL
Best in the nest
Jake Niall Fans may fancy the Hawks, Pies, Swans and Crows, but it's the Eagles who could take flight this season.
Adelaide not feeling blue after winning a lenient penalty
Jake Niall In comparison to what happened to the last club to be convicted of salary cap rorts, Adelaide has been treated leniently by the AFL.
Blues, Tigers, Bombers set to play twice
Jake Niall But Tigers and Collingwood deprived of their request for two games in 2013.
Out of the hole
Jake Niall It was no groundhog year for the Tigers who appear to be a club escaping the shadows of the past.
The show must go on
Jake Niall Olympic pomp may have turned the AFL chief's head, but, Andrew, while you were gone …
We have the belief: Hardwick
Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall After beating St Kilda for the first time in nine years and in so doing defeating a second tough finals-credentialled opponent in two weeks, Richmond now had the belief it belonged among the best...
Saints in talks with Montagna over contract
Jake Niall St Kilda is in discussions with All-Australian midfielder Leigh Montagna about a two-year contract extension in a bid to keep him from coming into play as an unrestricted free agent.
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No freedom yet for loyal Tiger Deledio
Jake Niall Contract renewals and free agency rules grow in complexity as players age.
Why brown and gold is the new black
Jake Niall Hawthorn has players coming back from injury and is well placed to be the 2012 premier.
AFL
Fix lopsided draw, Hawthorn tells AFL
Jake Niall Hawthorn's president says no team drawn to play GWS and Gold Coast twice this year should do so next year.
AFL
Small argument: big games or fairer draw
Jake Niall AFL says that a fairer draw would mean sacrificing blockbusters and state derbies.
