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.

Monteath targets Tigers presidency

Caroline Wilson Richmond's last premiership captain Bruce Monteath is looking at a tilt at the Tigers' board and has enlisted the support of a wealthy backer who plans to offer $2 million in exchange for several...

Ratten pulls out of contention for Port Adelaide job

Caroline Wilson Port Adelaide's dire situation has been further underlined with sacked Carlton coach Brett Ratten withdrawing his application for the job.

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AFL

Eade rules out Port Adelaide job

Caroline Wilson Rodney Eade has ruled out a potential return to senior coaching at Port Adelaide.

Presidential blue brewing

Caroline Wilson The plot has thickened in Carlton's potential board reshuffle with a second presidential candidate emerging, PricewaterhouseCoopers chief executive Luke Sayers.

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Malthouse plans not by the book

Caroline Wilson Mick Malthouse's football and literary commitments are on a collision course, with the publishers of a soon-to-be-released memoir about the controversial coach left frustrated and concerned the book...

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Football

AFL rails at fitness as a growth industry

Caroline Wilson The bad blood between AFL boss Andrew Demetriou and football's inflationary sports science industry is still flowing and in some areas running deep.

Shake-up for Blues' board

Caroline Wilson Australia Post chief Ahmed Fahour looks set to achieve his long-held ambition to run the Carlton Football Club.

AFL

Blues chase early Pies clash

Caroline Wilson Carlton wastes no time in working to recoup its multimillion-dollar investment in new coach Mick Malthouse, requesting a home fixture against Collingwood in round two next season.

Black Caviar says neigh to grand final gig

Caroline Wilson Black Caviar has refused an invitation from the AFL to play a starring role in what would have proved a pre-game extravaganza on grand final day.

Hawk final now a twilight game

Caroline Wilson Hawthorn's preliminary final now set to kick off at MCG at 5.15pm.

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Palm tree leap: McCarthy's death 'a tragic accident', club boss confirms

Caroline Wilson John McCarthy died in a Las Vegas hotel driveway as a result of a tragic accident, Port Adelaide football boss Peter Rohde said this morning.

McCarthy's death 'a tragic accident', club boss confirms

Caroline Wilson John McCarthy died in a Las Vegas hotel driveway as a result of a tragic accident, Port Adelaide football boss Peter Rohde said this morning.

Malthouse ready to sign on with Blues

Jon Pierik and Caroline Wilson Mick Malthouse to sign up today to coach Carlton for the next three years.

AFL to reschedule Hawks' preliminary final?

Caroline Wilson League almost certain to switch scheduled night preliminary final back to Saturday afternoon.

Tragic fall casts a pall over the game

Caroline Wilson John McMcCarthy's girlfriend has told Port Adelaide the young player had called her less than two hours before his death in a confused and distressed state, saying he wanted to come home and was...