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.
AFL
Ryder returns as Hille heads to family in France
Emma Quayle Paddy Ryder's three-match suspension has been served just in time for Essendon.
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.
Ten to one: Will these games decide the Brownlow Medal winner?
Emma Quayle Brownlow votes can surprise the best judges, but these definite three-vote performances are no long-shots.
Football
Watson top Bomber again
Emma Quayle Unsurprisingly, Brownlow medallist Jobe Watson won his third Crichton Medal, with 551 votes.
After the disaster
Emma Quayle Emma Quayle looks at some of the key decisions the Bombers have to make on their list.
Judd ready to make it count, says Ratten
Emma Quayle Chris Judd will return to the Carlton side on Saturday after a four-match suspension determined to, as coach Brett Ratten put it, "make a splash" against Essendon at the MCG.
Football
Flight turns into fright for Bombers
Emma Quayle Essendon's decision to fly to Wangaratta ends in a storm with the match against the Saints abandoned.
AFL
No risk, no reward for Bombers
Emma Quayle Bombers count cost of horror flight as Saints get the points.
Bombers' drive eclipses Swans
Emma Quayle Bombers notch their first win of an almost invisible pre-season.
