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.
Kobe Mutch grew up playing in the same junior teams as Isaac Cumming and Lachlan Tiziani, who were drafted like he was two weeks ago. Their North Broken Hill side used to win by a pile of points every weekend, so his dad would send him out to play with something specific to work on. "One week he said, only kick with your left foot,' he said. "And the next week, it was my right."
The 12 young Hawthorn players who walked the Kokoda Track last month were each asked to lead the group for half a day or longer.
Veteran administrator Geoff Walsh has returned to Collingwood as the club's new head of football.
Port Adelaide spent several hours searching for Jarman Impey after he left the scene of an accident on Saturday night, abandoning his car after damaging four parked cars.
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.
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