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.
Just 17, Kelly's day will come
Emma Quayle Josh Kelly would be attached to an AFL team already had things turned out differently.
AFL
Magpie star steps out
Emma Quayle Dale Thomas has taken his first steps back towards the Collingwood senior side.
Buckley happy with Pies' start
Emma Quayle Collingwood coach
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.
Brownlow quirks and oddities
Emma Quayle and Martin Blake Some of the more notable anomalies arising from the AFL's biggest award.
Pies have the answers
Emma Quayle, Sydney Collingwood never loses to Sydney. Or at least it hadn't, in a really long time.
Buckley: 'intensity, ticker, hunger'
Emma Quayle, Sydney Coach praises his players ''concentration, intensity, ticker, hunger, whatever you want to call it''.
Carlton devours stale Pies
Emma Quayle If any team has sorely needed just a tiny break of late, it has been Carlton.
Giants stand up but Pies make mark
Emma Quayle NAB Cup round 1: The Collingwood Magpies and the Western Sydney Giants.
Magpies to cover loss
Emma Quayle Simon Buckley would be an ideal replacement for Ben Johnson, according to Tyson Goldsack.
Football
Didak returns as Pies near full strength
Emma Quayle Alan Didak will play his first senior game of the season for Collingwood on Saturday night.
Coaching mates in battle
Emma Quayle Football won't get in the way of friendship for Nathan Buckley and Brenton Sanderson.
