Jake Niall
Jake Niall is a senior sports writer at The Age, specialising in AFL football. Jake joined The Age in 1998, having previously worked as a sports writer on The Sunday Age. He writes a blend of news, feature articles and a weekly column during the football season. Before joining The Sunday Age, Jake was a freelance reporter in the US and a regular contributor to The Sunday Age and The Age from Los Angeles, covering diverse areas like politics, earthquakes, celebrity trials and American sport. Jake ghost wrote the autobiography (‘Collingwood and Me’, 1991) of champion Collingwood footballer Peter Daicos. While he writes primarily about the AFL, he spends the month of January covering tennis, especially the Australian Open. In 2008, Jake won the Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards' Best Sports Story in any medium for his profile piece on David Schwarz.
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Coalition of the ready and able
Jake Niall The AFL is seeking a better relationship with this Liberal regime than it had with the last one.
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Clearly, it's Buckley at the wheel
Jake Niall In Nathan Buckley's first season, he was driving a car that had been assembled and successfully steered by Mick Malthouse.
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West to head north as Lions restore some pride
Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Emma Quayle Brisbane Lions and St Kilda shape as major factors on the final day of the trading period.
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Malthouse joins chase for Everitt
Jake Niall Carlton joins Greater Western Sydney, Sydney and West Coast in pursuit of utility.
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Blues close to Docherty deal
Jake Niall and Emma Quayle Carlton will pick up Brisbane Lions midfielder Sam Docherty for pick 33.
Elliot Yeo heading for West Coast after Eagles 'create' a second round pick
Jake Niall The Brisbane Lions and West Coast have finalised a deal in which out of contract defender Elliot Yeo will join the Eagles in return for a second round draft pick.
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Kangas flag interest in Patrick Karnezis
Jake Niall NORTH Melbourne has shown interest in out of contract Brisbane forward Patrick Karnezis, who has been seeking a trade to Collingwood.
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Magpies gain White and pick No. 6
Jake Niall and Jason Phelan Jesse White will become a Collingwood player as early as Monday.
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Sydney's Buddy big problem
Jake Niall It's 2020 and Lance Franklin's massive contract is causing the Swans a few headaches.
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Saints and Demons head for heaven or hell
Jake Niall Melbourne is selling picks to gain players, the Saints are selling players to gain picks.
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Melbourne's early deal sparks trade frenzy
Jake Niall Melbourne's trading of pick No.2 for Greater Western Sydney youngster Dom Tyson was the first of a dramatic sequence of trades on a frenetic Friday.
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Paul Chapman joins Essendon
Jake Niall Paul Chapman has become an Essendon player, signing with the Bombers as a free agent. Chapman, 32, will be reunited with his former coach Mark Thompson on an incentive-based deal in which he can earn...
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Podsiadly becomes a Crow
Jake Niall Geelong's 2011 premiership key forward James Podsiadly is set to be confirmed as an Adelaide player as soon as today.
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Blockbuster trade: Demons part with No.2 pick in Dom Tyson deal
Jake Niall Melbourne has secured young GWS midfielder Dom Tyson in a blockbuster swap for its pick number 2.
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Bombers and Saints keen to entice Longer
Michael Gleeson, Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Essendon and St Kilda have both met uncommitted and out-of-contract Brisbane ruckman in an attempt to persuade him to return to Melbourne.
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Scott Gumbleton eyes off Fremantle
Jake Niall Scott Gumbleton has told Essendon that he wishes to be traded to Fremantle, which is well placed to gain the key forward.
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Demons zero in on Crow Vince
Emma Quayle and Jake Niall Bernie Vince on the cusp of signing a lucrative long-term deal to join Melbourne.
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Xavier Ellis to sign with West Coast
Jake Niall Hawthorn's 2008 premiership player will join West Coast as a free-agent signing.
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Breaking up is so hard to do
Jake Niall Even sophisticated fans can be excused for conflicted views on the exits of Buddy and Daisy.
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Bombers are aiming high: experienced targets point to premiership ambitions
Jake Niall Despite the disaster of 2013 and the AFL penalties, Essendon haven't forsaken premiership contention.
