Petrie gets a lifeline from West Coast
Drew Petrie will move to Perth and play for a 17th season after being drafted onto the West Coast rookie list on Monday.
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.
Drew Petrie will move to Perth and play for a 17th season after being drafted onto the West Coast rookie list on Monday.
Emma Quayle runs the rule over the unlucky prospects overlooked in last week's national draft.
Emma Quayle runs the rule over each AFL club's new cohort of young talent.
Essendon thrilled with a No.1 draft choice with speed, agility and the ability to change the direction of a game - lIke the ir '93 Brownlow medallist.
Something strange happens to the No.1 draft pick between the last slow, painful rounds of the season and draft night.
The Age's draft expert Emma Quayle predicts who your team will select in the first round of Friday's draft.
Gold Coast hold the keys to the first round of Friday's AFL draft, where Essendon will anoint the first No. 1 pick in the club's history.
Steve Johnson was convinced he would become a Hawthorn player ahead of the 2001 draft, 15 years ago.
Jarrod Berry was at home, playing on the PlayStation, on the day everything changed.
Tim Taranto won't have too much time this week to sit around wondering where he will be playing football next year.
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