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.
The Tippett saga: how it went wrong for Crows
Emma Quayle Almost two years after Adelaide talked Kurt Tippett into staying, the web began to unravel.
Crows throw support behind under-fire Trigg to keep top job
Emma Quayle, Jon Pierik ADELAIDE have backed chief executive Steven Trigg's claim that he verbally cancelled a written agreement to trade Kurt Tippett to the club of his choice three years ago.
Crows back Trigg, plan for a return
Emma Quayle and Jon Pierik Adelaide Crows chief executive and football operations manager avoid the axe.
Tippett defiant as Crows cop it sweet
Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Kurt Tippett remains determined to clear his name at Friday's AFL Commission hearing.
Crows in draft as probe widens
Emma Quayle Third-party payment to midfield star Patrick Dangerfield under scrutiny.
Crows braced for worst over Tippett
Emma Quayle The AFL has two great pillars of equality. One is the salary cap, the other is the draft system.
Crows' tamper affair
Emma Quayle Adelaide has confessed to the AFL that it forged a secret arrangement to send Kurt Tippett to the club of his choice when it last re-signed him, a deal that could amount to draft tampering and see...
AFL
Crows' 'tamper' affair
Emma Quayle Adelaide chairman says the Crows board confessed to the AFL 'because it was the right thing to do'.
AFL
AFL targets Crows' 'secret cash' pledge to Tippett
Emma Quayle ADELAIDE is believed to have guaranteed Kurt Tippett $200,000 outside his contract and suggested the arrangement be kept secret from the league.
Crows, Tippett caught in $200,000 rort
Emma Quayle Adelaide believed to have guaranteed Kurt Tippett $200,000 outside of his contract and suggested arrangement be kept secret.
Crows face up to possible draft ban
Emma Quayle Adelaide braces for exclusion from national draft pending probe into secret Tippett deal.
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Crows must cast off one more for Tippett
Emma Quayle Adelaide will have to cut another player from its senior list should Kurt Tippett try to join Sydney through the pre-season draft as expected.
Crows call on tall to help fill the void
Emma Quayle Luke Thompson will play just his second game for the season in Adelaide's semi-final.
Hamstring sidelines Dogs defender
Emma Quayle and Matt Murnane Easton Wood likely to miss start of season after straining a hamstring.
Football
Dees to take a punt on Hogan call-up
Emma Quayle Melbourne will call the AFL and at least ask the question: Is there any chance Jesse Hogan could play senior football this year?
Swans offer Tippett $3.5m, 4-year deal
Emma Quayle Swans also offer Crow a conditional two-year extension for 2017 and 2018.
The 2012 AFL national draft
Emma Quayle How the opening round of the 2012 national draft may pan out.
Choices made, now the real work begins in earnest
Emma Quayle What happens to players from now on is more important than anything they have done so far.
AFL
Tippett's manager in gun
Emma Quayle The future of Kurt Tippett's manager will move closer to a resolution this week, after he fronts an AFL Players Association hearing.
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Tippett may miss half a season over cap breach
Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Crows appear certain to be ruled out of the first two rounds of the 2013 draft.
