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.
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Football's real life soap opera
Jake Niall Chris Judd can see his storied past - and his role in what he calls football's 'soap opera' - more clearly than his post-football future.
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I was whacked three times, says Scotland
Jake Niall Carlton's Heath Scotland talks for the first time about an incident in which he hit a man at a Mulwala pub and had to accept the consequences
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The least shall be first
Jake Niall Favourite son or long-apprenticed assistant coach, who would you want your club to select?
Blues find winning form
Jake Niall Carlton gets second win of the season, withstanding a belated challenge from Adelaide.
Judgment day
Jake Niall The Carlton coach's tactics against the Pies will reveal how he views some of his former players.
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Unleash the mongrel
Jake Niall Mick Malthouse and his Blues need to be more ruthless if they are to mix it with the game's heavy hitters.
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Tigers avoid an opening disaster
Jake Niall Thursday night's outcome wasn't a case of paradise lost for Carlton, rather, a catastrophe averted for Richmond.
Murphy set to lead Carlton
Jake Niall Carlton expected to name midfield gun Marc Murphy as captain for 2013.
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With all the Cloke and dagger contract talks over, a big Magpie is ready to fly
Jake Niall Travis Cloke is approaching this season with a clean slate, writes Jake Niall.
Be like Pendles: Malthouse to Gibbs
Jake Niall Carlton's new coach has laid down the gauntlet to Bryce Gibbs.
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Blues cut back on coaches
Jake Niall Mick Malthouse will coach with at least three, and possibly four, fewer coaches.
Why the Dees alone are facing probe
Jake Niall There are three factors that compel the AFL to investigate the allegations of tanking.
Riley finds place in the Suns
Jake Niall Carlton assistant set to replace new Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley on Gold Coast coaching panel.
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Suns hire Primus as midfield coach
Jake Niall Matthew Primus has been announced as Gold Coast's new assistant coach today.
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A Giant move for Cameron?
Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall Leon Cameron is in Sydney today meeting with the Giants about a vacancy there.
We want Cloke, says Judd
Jake Niall Carlton's player leadership group have given the all-clear for the club to pursue Collingwood's powerhouse forward Travis Cloke.
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Doubts meant Blues kept Ratten on P-plates
Jake Niall Carlton never treated Brett Ratten as a long-term coach. Ratten was on probation for his entire five years and six games as senior coach.
Sam I can
Jake Niall He's an enigma in the AFL - too small, too slow they said. So why is Hawk Sam Mitchell so good?
Roos leap ahead, Blues just a hop away
Jake Niall Carlton and North Melbourne have taken turns at burial and resurrection.
The more things change...
Jake Niall Sacking the coach rarely gives clubs the immediate reward they are looking for. Take note, Blues.
