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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.

Koby Stevens (centre) is helped off the field on Saturday after he sustained an injury.

Bulldog to have X-ray on possible broken rib

Adam Cooper and Emma Quayle Koby Stevens will have further tests ahead of round-one clash against Brisbane.

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Tigers at last over the Blues

Emma Quayle Mitch Robinson became the first player to test the AFL's new concussion procedures, as Richmond reversed its poor recent starts against the Blues, survived a late Carlton challenge and opened their...

Draft dodgers

Emma Quayle Injuries can put a question mark over even the brightest of draft prospects. Here are some recent examples.

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.

Brownlow quirks and oddities

Emma Quayle and Martin Blake Some of the more notable anomalies arising from the AFL's biggest award.

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Also-rans with lots of time on their side

Emma Quayle Sometimes it takes a while for public perception to line up with media perception and what the umpires see from ground level, and so it proved for the new kids on the Brownlow block.

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Menzel hoping for a draft knees-up

Emma Quayle Injury is the only doubt over the youngster.

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.