Caroline Wilson on Bulldogs - Real Footy

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.

Gordon back in charge of the Bulldogs

Caroline Wilson Peter Gordon sought reassurance from AFL bosses Mike Fitzpatrick and Andrew Demetriou before agreeing to return to the helm of the Western Bulldogs after 17 years.

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Bid for level playing field

Caroline Wilson AFL bid to close the growing divide between rich and poor clubs.

Bye, bye to prospect of a longer season

Caroline Wilson More matches will mean more teams are out of finals reckoning.

Jackson's rescue mission

Caroline Wilson and Michael Gleeson AFL chief Andrew Demetriou urged former Essendon boss Peter Jackson to step in and run an uncompromised review of the crisis-ridden Melbourne Football Club.

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Logo, mini-draft on table

Jon Pierik and Caroline Wilson In-season mini-draft, ban on top clubs poaching free agents and possible sale of AFL logo on front of player jumpers options discussed in bid to ease gap between AFL's rich and poor.

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Winmar struggling with his image

Caroline Wilson The curtains opened to signify the official launch of the AFL season and Andrew Demetriou emerged to speak through a strange puff of smoke.

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Stop robbing rich clubs: McGuire plea

Caroline Wilson Collingwood president says plenty of ways of raising funds to help struggling teams.

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Overhaul on handouts

Caroline Wilson A radical restructure of the AFL's revenue will take place in a bid to stem the growing divide between the rich and poor clubs.

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Meet the AFL commissioners

Caroline Wilson The AFL's final farewell comes from the chairman Mike Fitzpatrick on grand final day.

Gordon back in charge

Caroline Wilson Former Bulldogs president will replace David Smorgon in December.

AFL's ticking time bomb

Caroline Wilson Sydney chairman Richard Colless questions AFL's commitment to 10 clubs in Victoria.

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Monteath targets Tigers presidency

Caroline Wilson Richmond's last premiership captain Bruce Monteath is looking at a tilt at the Tigers' board and has enlisted the support of a wealthy backer who plans to offer $2 million in exchange for several...

AFL refuses to rule out twilight decider

Caroline Wilson Saturday's twilight preliminary final increased TV audience by a million viewers, says AFL.

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Colless clears shadows

Caroline Wilson Richard Colless has not let a struggle with depression stop him from being at the helm of Sydney.

AFL to reschedule Hawks' preliminary final?

Caroline Wilson League almost certain to switch scheduled night preliminary final back to Saturday afternoon.

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...