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.
A game of both shock and awe
Caroline Wilson Off-field scandals and AFL pre-seasons have come together with toxic regularity since Andrew Demetriou joined the league at the beginning of the 21st century.
Football
Chiefs break ranks on drugs
Caroline Wilson Two AFL club bosses would feel uncomfortable knowing the identity of drug offenders.
Pies must tackle bad behaviour
Caroline Wilson Collingwood should seriously consider sacking Dane Swan. If it has not already.
AFL
Drugs collision course
Caroline Wilson The AFL clubs appear on a collision course with their players over holiday drug testing, as several club chiefs confirmed they would take on the players union over target testing of suspected illegal...
AFL needs to help men in trouble
Caroline Wilson Some players simply seem to be ill-suited to a lengthy holiday period.
AFL probes Bulldog star's onfield slur
Caroline Wilson Football's dirtier verbal laundry is no longer left on the playing arena.
Tigers sack Connors, suspend Martin
Caroline Wilson Richmond has sacked its errant midfielder Daniel Connors and suspended his star teammate Dustin Martin following an undiclosed off-field incident.
AFL
Petty training breach was the straw that broke the Tiger's back
Caroline Wilson The close friendship between Daniel Connors and Dustin Martin tells a tale of two very different footballers.
Rendell a scapegoat
Caroline Wilson The Adelaide recruiter made public the sentiments of those at several clubs.
