Caroline Wilson

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.

The stress test

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Caroline Wilson All AFL coaches will deal with pressure their own way, or be dealt with.

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Blues chase early Pies clash

Andrew Walker and Harry O'Brien.

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.

SA, WA clubs to go it alone

Steve Rosich.

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

AFL gets tough on coach poaching

Ross Lyon

Caroline Wilson The AFL has pushed ahead with its plan to impose massive fines on clubs that engage in coach poaching and will write ''integrity'' clauses into every new deal struck between clubs and their senior...

Watters set to burst Saints' bubble

Ambitions for change: St Kilda coach Scott Watters is keen to take the club to new heights.

Caroline Wilson St Kilda's new coach was an admirer of the team before he arrived - and hasn't been disappointed with what he's found - but there will be changes.

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Saints stick with Nick

Nick Riewoldt.

Caroline Wilson Nick Riewoldt will captain St Kilda again this season after receiving the overwhelming support of his teammates and coaches.

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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.

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Duo back on right track

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Caroline Wilson Of the young players who disgraced the club a year ago, two have listened and learnt.