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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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Proud Colless calls it a day

Caroline Wilson AFL's current longest-serving club chairman announces his time at Sydney will come to a close after more than 21 years.

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With his legacy secure, Colless calls it a day

Caroline Wilson Watching Richard Colless in the middle of the MCG after the final siren had sounded on last season there seemed to be a sense of detachment surrounding the Sydney chairman despite the fact his...

Jackson's rescue mission

Caroline Wilson and Michael Gleeson AFL chief Andrew Demetriou urged former Essendon boss Peter Jackson to step in and run an uncompromised review of the crisis-ridden Melbourne Football Club.

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Logo, mini-draft on table

Jon Pierik and Caroline Wilson In-season mini-draft, ban on top clubs poaching free agents and possible sale of AFL logo on front of player jumpers options discussed in bid to ease gap between AFL's rich and poor.

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Indigenous team to 'close gap'

Caroline Wilson A bold plan to promote indigenous football talent will see an all-Aboriginal side play in the TAC Victorian under-18 competition this year.

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Meet the AFL commissioners

Caroline Wilson The AFL's final farewell comes from the chairman Mike Fitzpatrick on grand final day.

Fans witness a great heist on grand final day

Caroline Wilson Most premierships are foregone conclusions by the time living minutes become dying seconds in the twilight of grand final day. Many are anti-climactic and usually the short-priced favourite gets up.

Colless clears shadows

Caroline Wilson Richard Colless has not let a struggle with depression stop him from being at the helm of Sydney.

SA, WA clubs to go it alone

Caroline Wilson West Australian and South Australian clubs losing patience in battle to field stand-alone teams.

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Player's life not for me, says Fitzpatrick

Caroline Wilson Mike Fitzpatrick's revelation that he would find life as a 2012 AFL footballer 'dull' has raised the eyebrows of the Players Association but reinforced its push to create a more rounded existence for...

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Tigers' tents stand-off

Caroline Wilson Richmond's uneasy relationship with its VFL partner Coburg is at breaking point with the Tigers becoming increasingly alarmed at the flow-on effect of the aligned club's perilous financial position.