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.
Caroline Wilson
Power of 'family' ties Boak to Port
Caroline Wilson Moving to Port Adelaide and deciding to stay there - it's all been part of an emotional football journey for Travis Boak. And also for his mother Chicki.
Senior Demons drove tanking
Caroline Wilson AFL uncovers secret meeting involving at least 15 Melbourne members in which coaches were reminded of the importance of forfeiting matches in order to gain early draft picks.
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.
AFL
Boak to remain with Power in $1.3m deal
Caroline Wilson One of the season's most-debated decisions has been reached.
Izzy up to it?
Caroline Wilson Selling the Giants was always going to prove the AFL's toughest ongoing task.
Williams not heir apparent
Caroline Wilson Formalisation of Kevin Sheedy's deal says a great deal about two other coaches.
AFL
Only a miracle will save Ratten
Caroline Wilson Brett Ratten will be coaching for his AFL future against Collingwood on Friday night.
Power, a Giant who once roared, leads the way
Caroline Wilson Luke Power's experience stands out at GWS and he will be asked to use it.
Captain Callan?
Caroline Wilson AFL's newest club looks certain to settle upon co-captains, with Luke Power and Callan Ward the outstanding favourites.
AFL
Folau takes baby steps towards a brave new world
Caroline Wilson Israel Folau's conversion has been Kevin Sheedy's biggest challenge.
I don't know how it will go this year
Caroline Wilson Kevin Sheedy takes an honest look at the challenges he faces returning, at the age of 64, to coach a new AFL club that is under the pump.
Coaching boys' club a lucrative business
Caroline Wilson Once on the AFL coaching merry-go-round it's not desirable - or easy - to get off.
Caroline Wilson
Sheedy's Greater challenge
Caroline Wilson The AFL has a lot riding on its latest venture, and installing "the old master" as its public face is crucial to the experiment.
