Samantha Lane
Samantha Lane is a sports writer with The Age's sports section. She joined The Sunday Age's sports team in 2005, where she specialised in the coverage of Australian Rules football, before joining the daily Age in 2007. She has a wealth of multi-media broadcasting experience since starting her journalism career in 2002 at www.afl.com.au. She is also a panellist on Network Ten's Before the Game. Samantha covered the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will be reporting extensively on the 2012 London Olympics.
AFL
Fans fail to show for pre-season
Samantha Lane Nearly double the crowd was at the same venue to watch the same clubs in 2007.
Blues keen on a Princes Park revival
Samantha Lane Carlton wants to host matches for premiership points at its traditional Princes Park home again.
Footy's $23m puncture
Samantha Lane and Peter Ker AFL's ambitious push into northern states stretches code to its first financial loss in a decade.
