Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson has been chief football writer for The Age since 1999. She was the first woman to cover Australian Rules football on a full-time basis and the first woman to win the AFL's gold media award. She has won the AFL Players Association's football writer of the year (1999) and the AFL Media Association's most outstanding football writer and most outstanding feature writer (2000, 2003, 2005). She also won a Melbourne Press Club Quill Award in 2003.
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Final, inexplicable insult rubs salt into Swan's raw wounds
Caroline Wilson If Swans veteran Adam Goodes was devastated at the MCG last Friday night then by Wednesday morning he was as angry as some of his friends had ever seen him.
Slip or a slur, McGuire enrages Swans
Caroline Wilson If Adam Goodes was devastated at the MCG last Friday night then by Wednesday morning he was as angry as some of his friends had seen him.
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Swans unite behind gutted victim Goodes
Caroline Wilson and Jesse Hogan After a week in which Adam Goodes has twice found himself at the centre of a racial vilification controversy, Sydney Swans coach John Longmire said the Brownlow medallist would need some support to...
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Swans 'bewildered' by McGuire's gaffe
Caroline Wilson Adam Goodes has eventually accepted an apology from Eddie McGuire after lengthy conversations between Goodes, Sydney chiefs and McGuire himself over radio host's inappropriate reference about using...
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Parting company: a matter of time
Caroline Wilson Monday's Melbourne Demons board meeting may mark the end of Mark Neeld's coaching stint.
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Stars in anti-abuse push
Caroline Wilson AFL fast-tracks scoreboard campaign in which star footballers will appeal to fans to stop abusing players.
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It's more than a theme
Caroline Wilson The AFL's indigenous round is a unique event that breaks down the barriers and promotes understanding.
If at first you don't succeed
Caroline Wilson Ken Hinkley, the power behind Port Adelaide, is the epitome of resilience and a never-say-die approach to life.
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Bombers chief out, but will any others follow suit?
Caroline Wilson Ian Robson was gracious and sporting when he fell on his sword during another sad Windy Hill chapter in the disappointing recent off-field story of the Essendon Football Club.
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Robson gone, but where to for fan favourite Hird?
Caroline Wilson Ian Robson was gracious and sporting when he fell on his sword during yet another sad chapter in the recent disappointing off-field story of the Essendon Football Club.
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AFL aims for indigenous all-stars trip to Ireland
Caroline Wilson Cautious support from clubs, cream of indigenous talent pledges to take part.
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Players face squeeze on treatments
Caroline Wilson AFL looking at imposing tough new anti-doping and exotic treatment regulations.
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KB at risk of being pinged for conflicting roles
Caroline Wilson The chorus against Kevin Bartlett's conflicts of interest is growing louder.
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Bid for level playing field
Caroline Wilson AFL bid to close the growing divide between rich and poor clubs.
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Stewart to join Tigers' greats
Caroline Wilson Australian football legend will be inducted into Richmond's Hall of Fame next month, making a rare public appearance at the dinner on June 15 as one of four inductees.
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Facelift for AFL rule team
Caroline Wilson AFL proposes overhaul of Laws of the Games Committee, with league's new football boss having detected club disenchantment with the rules process.
Clubs to target-test players
Caroline Wilson AFL players will be drug tested more than ever before as part of a raft of reforms to the competition's illicit drugs policy, to be outlined at Thursday's conference of the 18 clubs.
Bye, bye to prospect of a longer season
Caroline Wilson More matches will mean more teams are out of finals reckoning.
The trouble with Demons
Caroline Wilson Mark Neeld's disastrous coaching career looks certain to stagger through at least another round.
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Bomber five admit Dank drugs link
Caroline Wilson Five Essendon staffers, including James Hird's personal assistant, have admitted to the AFL and ASADA that they were treated last year by Stephen Dank with a variety of injections and oral...
