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.
AFL
Home a big lure for Franklin: Pie
Jake Niall EXCLUSIVE Collingwood forward says that ''Buddy'' should only do ''what's best for him''.
Paying the price
Jake Niall Now the shoe's on the other foot and the Hawks are grand final losers, expect a robust response.
Silence of the Blues a surprise
Jake Niall If there was a club that seemed made for free agency, it was surely Carlton.
Frenzy was all tip and very little iceberg
Jake Niall How many of the players who've just changed clubs represent big deals?
AFL
Swans firm for Tippett: rivals
Jon Pierik and Jake Niall Swans appear to be the front-runners for the Adelaide forward's services.
AFL
Hawks and Pies in a fight for Young love
Jake Niall Clinton Young faces a choice between remaining at Hawthorn or joining Collingwood.
Port, Collingwood vie for Young's attention
Jake Niall Port Adelaide joins Collingwood in the contest for Hawthorn's Clinton Young.
Jake Niall
Hawks feather their nest
Jake Niall As if the outlook for Hawthorn wasn't rosy enough, the Hawks' vice-captain has returned.
Hungry Hawks bury Dons
Jake Niall After Richmond put them to the sword, questions were asked about the mettle of the Hawks.
Football
BIG JAM for Bucks
Jake Niall Nathan Buckley looks to have inherited a tough job, he'll need all his renowned self-belief.
