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.
Blues find winning form
Jake Niall Carlton gets second win of the season, withstanding a belated challenge from Adelaide.
Catch-up Blues fall shy
Jake Niall Carlton fights hard, but it is Geelong that emerges with the points.
AFL
Reimers gives Blues boot
Jake Niall Former Essendon forward Kyle Reimers has turned his back on the opportunity to play for Carlton and a continued career in the AFL.
Blues, Tigers, Bombers set to play twice
Jake Niall But Tigers and Collingwood deprived of their request for two games in 2013.
Silence of the Blues a surprise
Jake Niall If there was a club that seemed made for free agency, it was surely Carlton.
AFL
Blues cut back on coaches
Jake Niall Mick Malthouse will coach with at least three, and possibly four, fewer coaches.
Jake Niall
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.
Roos leap ahead, Blues just a hop away
Jake Niall Carlton and North Melbourne have taken turns at burial and resurrection.
Fixture reveals Blues and Tigers to open season
Jake Niall The AFL has made two major fixturing calls: Carlton and Richmond have retained their hold on the Thursday night season opener at the MCG next year, while Hawthorn and West Coast will meet on the...
New Roos blast Blues
Jake Niall Kangaroos demolish Carlton in a manner redolent of what the club did in Wayne Carey’s prime.
Simpson's return to bolster Blues
Jake Niall Key midfielder set to resume earlier than anticipated after recovering from a broken jaw.
AFL
Blues set to use cup to trial tyros
Jake Niall Carlton will use NAB Cup to trial as many first- and second-year players as possible.
Another dose of Blues for Tigers
Jake Niall Does Richmond really need to play Carlton in the season's first mega-match?
AFL
Mix and match, Blues take stock
Jake Niall Carlton set to turn its attention to a bigger picture issue - the mix of home games at the MCG and Etihad Stadium.
Football
Blues give Judd well-earned rest
Jake Niall Carlton will rest skipper Chris Judd for Sunday's game against Greater Western Sydney.
Blues home is their hassle
Jake Niall You reckon Carlton has a home ground advantage against Adelaide today? Think again.
AFL
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
Judgment day
Jake Niall The Carlton coach's tactics against the Pies will reveal how he views some of his former players.
AFL
Kreuzer, Varcoe to miss lengthy chunks of the season
Jake Niall Carlton and Geelong have suffered significant injury blows in their round three encounter, with key players Matthew Kreuzer and Travis Varcoe set to miss lengthy chunks of the season.
AFL
Cash-strapped clubs need the house that Jack rebuilt
Jake Niall With so many small games, it's time to resurrect Princes Park.
