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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.

St Kilda: The captaincy contenders. David Armitage, Jarryn Geary, Maverick Weller, Jack Steven.

Saints leaders emerge as Riewoldt era closes

Nick Riewoldt will pass on the opportunity to become the AFL's longest-serving club captain when he hands the job to one of his St Kilda teammates, just a few games short of Stephen Kernahan.