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.
Demons coaching choice is close at hand
Caroline Wilson Having botched its critical senior coaching appointment less than two years ago, Melbourne has no choice but to look for experience and authority in seeking a replacement for Mark Neeld.
AFL
St Kilda footballer Stephen Milne charged with with four counts of rape
Caroline Wilson St Kilda forward Stephen Milne has been charged with rape over an incident that allegedly happened in 2004.
Cameron relishing Giant task
Caroline Wilson The young coach is slowly moulding his side while the club works hard to retain Kevin Sheedy in an ambassadorial role.
AFL
KB at risk of being pinged for conflicting roles
Caroline Wilson The chorus against Kevin Bartlett's conflicts of interest is growing louder.
Two tribes go to war
Caroline Wilson Young leaders will be chasing old glories in Melbourne season opener.
AFL
Cap could cause flooding: Longmire
Caroline Wilson John Longmire warns the AFL that the move to cap interchange rotations could bring back flooding.
Longmire lays down the lore
Caroline Wilson Sydney’s premiership coach has told AFL commissioners how the Swans won the 2012 flag – and of his fears for the game under proposed rule changes.
The stress test
Caroline Wilson All AFL coaches will deal with pressure their own way, or be dealt with.
AFL confident crowds will return despite low figure for pre-season final
Caroline Wilson and Jon Pierik AFL refuses to link Friday night's dismal NAB Cup turn-out with negative publicity.
AFL
Etihad grand final a costly move for AFL and Brisbane
Caroline Wilson AFL's decision to rob Brisbane of NAB Cup grand final a shocker on so many levels.
Magpies look inwards to find success
Caroline Wilson After one underachieving season, Nathan Buckley appears determined to drive a redesign.
AFL
Eade rules out Port Adelaide job
Caroline Wilson Rodney Eade has ruled out a potential return to senior coaching at Port Adelaide.
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
Riley to stay on at Carlton, but in new role
Caroline Wilson Disenchanted Carlton assistant expected to remain at the club in a development role.
Tirade may cost Roo coach
Caroline Wilson and Matt Murnane Brad Scott could be sanctioned for his quarter-time tirade aimed at GWS's James McDonald..
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
