About Jake Niall
About Jake Niall
Jake Niall is a senior sports writer at The Age, specialising in AFL football. He joined The Age in 1998, having previously worked as a sports writer on The Sunday Age. He writes a compelling blend of news, feature articles and regular columns during the football season. Niall has also worked as a freelance reporter in the United States and was a regular contributor to The Age from Los Angeles, covering diverse areas like politics, earthquakes, celebrity trials and American sport. Jake ghost wrote the autobiography (Collingwood and Me) of champion Collingwood footballer Peter Daicos.
West Sydney could be a disaster
They'll be paying for it long after Andrew Demetriou's expansion campaign.
Knights' finals word not final
When Matthew Knights made his pitch for the job he said the Bombers should be aiming for finals every year.
Defence tactics help to seal deal
Alastair Clarkson is over the hump. He did the early hack work with Hawthorn's list, grew with the team and earned the right to close the deal.
Pies, damned Pies, and statistics
Why Collingwood, a contender at the start of the season, is now a battling mid-rank side, seven rounds in.
Seven games in and Knights has to do a Sheedy
Matthew Knights has to sell a vision of Essendon's future, just like his predecessor so often did.
AFL's short memories
Football's present dominates its past in the argument of who's
better. It shouldn't.
The day the roughie was stopped by Roughead
With the season's most potent attacking force out of sorts, underdog Richmond still cannot muster the right answers.
How Chris Judd got to Carlton
He is believed to have said to those close to him. "The head says Collingwood, the heart says Carlton."
Eagles should be prepared to say goodbye to Kerr
West Coast needs to look to the future and should consider trading
Daniel Kerr.
G-Train off the rails
St Kilda may need to be selective about when it plays Fraser Gehrig.
Hawks tick boxes on road to the top
It was doubtful whether Hawthorn would beat North Melbourne in the crunch.
Hawks tipped for finals race, but coach says 'we're still a way off'
Adelaide coach Neil Craig labels Hawthorn as an "outstanding" team that will be "around the mark" in the premiership race.
Trial and error
Carlton's Irish brothers are a long-term project that may have run its course.
New weapon to keep tribe purring
Cats' son of a gun keeps improving.
'Old Mick' coaches young
As an older coach, Mick Malthouse has succeeded by anticipating change.
Private shareholdings threaten Roos' plan
A key plank in North Melbourne's survival strategy is being threatened by the messy shareholder issue.
Nathan Brown: fed to the Lion?
After passing his first test on Matthew Pavlich, Nathan Brown now faces Jonathan Brown.
Melbourne's brand old flag
Melbourne needs to feel it is actually a real footy club.
Dons in love with Knights
Players selected in the Essendon team might not have been on the
list, much less the team, had Kevin Sheedy saddled up for his 28th
season.
Joy and shame in tale of 2 skippers
A child's playground dream was played out by Western Bulldog's star Brad Johnson.
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