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
Swan's song just a noise for Magpies
Caroline Wilson Anyone who doubted that Dane Swan was a law unto himself need only to witness the past 48 hours.
Magpies look inwards to find success
Caroline Wilson After one underachieving season, Nathan Buckley appears determined to drive a redesign.
Magpies opt for Port Douglas
Caroline Wilson Collingwood will head to Port Douglas for a mid-season break next week and will not repeat last year's exercise of sending injured footballers to Arizona in a bid to improve its playing stocks in...
AFL
Pie's radio deal waits on approval
Caroline Wilson A yet-to-be-signed media deal involving Collingwood's Dane Swan will not kick off as planned on Friday unless it has been cleared by the AFL.
The stress test
Caroline Wilson All AFL coaches will deal with pressure their own way, or be dealt with.
AFL
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.
Two tribes go to war
Caroline Wilson Young leaders will be chasing old glories in Melbourne season opener.
AFL
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.
Cloke fine a space oddity
Caroline Wilson and Matt Murnane Collingwood key forward used car park of chief executive Gary Pert once too often.
Pies must tackle bad behaviour
Caroline Wilson Collingwood should seriously consider sacking Dane Swan. If it has not already.
AFL
Fisher on outer at Saints?
Caroline Wilson Off-field behaviour of yet another senior AFL footballer becomes a serious issue.
AFL needs to help men in trouble
Caroline Wilson Some players simply seem to be ill-suited to a lengthy holiday period.
Query over Selwood deal
Caroline Wilson One of Geelong captain's third-party agreements becomes subject of debate.
AFL
Eade rules out Port Adelaide job
Caroline Wilson Rodney Eade has ruled out a potential return to senior coaching at Port Adelaide.
Palm tree leap: McCarthy's death 'a tragic accident', club boss confirms
Caroline Wilson John McCarthy died in a Las Vegas hotel driveway as a result of a tragic accident, Port Adelaide football boss Peter Rohde said this morning.
McCarthy's death 'a tragic accident', club boss confirms
Caroline Wilson John McCarthy died in a Las Vegas hotel driveway as a result of a tragic accident, Port Adelaide football boss Peter Rohde said this morning.
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.
SA, WA clubs to go it alone
Caroline Wilson West Australian and South Australian clubs losing patience in battle to field stand-alone teams.
AFL
Last supper came early for Ratten
Caroline Wilson Brett Ratten had breakfast with Chris Judd and his leadership group early yesterday. For all intents and purposes it was the soon-to-be-sacked coach's last supper with the senior players who had...
A tale of two coaches amid the tears and the fears of two footballing families
Caroline Wilson In one of the AFL season's more bizarre scenarios yesterday, a terminated coach faced the media with the men who sacked him and spoke of life's good fortune.
