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.
AFL
Lions look for a final silver lining
Emma Quayle Brisbane will not lobby AFL to change location of Friday night's NAB Cup decider.
AFL
Lions push for games in Melbourne
Emma Quayle The Brisbane Lions, incensed at losing their right to host the NAB Cup grand final in Queensland, are simultaneously pushing the AFL to schedule more of the club's home-and-away games in Melbourne.
Lions put paid to Pies
Emma Quayle The Brisbane Lions will play Carlton in the NAB Cup final after over-running Collingwood.
AFL
Caddy shacks up with Cats, Moloney to Lions
Emma Quayle Geelong and Gold Coast have all but completed a deal that will see Josh Caddy play for the Cats next year.
AFL
Lions make late bid for popular Pie
Emma Quayle The Brisbane Lions have made a late pitch for Collingwood forward Chris Dawes.
AFL
Injury-hit Dees call up fresh faces
Emma Quayle Surgery to remove a screw from Mitch Clark's foot went well, but he will still miss up to eight matches.
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.
Voss left angry and confused over NAB Cup scheduling
Emma Quayle The AFL's decision to schedule Friday night's NAB Cup final in Melbourne has upset Brisbane coach Michael Voss, who bemoaned the league's lost opportunity to promote the game in south-east Queensland...
Hamstring sidelines Dogs defender
Emma Quayle and Matt Murnane Easton Wood likely to miss start of season after straining a hamstring.
AFL
Sylvia free to leave Melbourne
Emma Quayle and Michael Gleeson Colin Sylvia could leave, with Melbourne losing the right to match any rival bid.
Dank asked to explain his role
Emma Quayle ASADA queried former Essendon sports scientist on links to three clubs.
AFL
Bob Murphy to lead Dogs
Emma Quayle Bob Murphy will captain the Western Bulldogs in their opening round match against the Brisbane Lions this week, as Matthew Boyd begins his recovery from a calf strain.
Clubs turn to doctors for more control
Emma Quayle For the first time, AFL clubs will soon start hiring their own full-time doctors.
Coach says Dogs have added more bite to the midfield
Emma Quayle At the end of last season the Western Bulldogs replenished their list.
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.
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' 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...
Swans offer Tippett $3.5m, 4-year deal
Emma Quayle Swans also offer Crow a conditional two-year extension for 2017 and 2018.
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.
