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.
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A Bridge too far for Swans
Caroline Wilson Bad blood continues to flow between the two cross-city rivals in Sydney.
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Great divide: Longmire attacks 'disrespectful' view of Swans
Caroline Wilson Reigning premiership coach John Longmire has registered his disappointment with Greater Western Sydney chief executive David Matthews and his "disrespectful" comments about the Swans, as the bad...
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Swans chief now turns on Geelong
Caroline Wilson Feud between Sydney and Melbourne clubs shows no signs of abating.
Demetriou defends Swans
Caroline Wilson AFL chief executive hits out at clubs pushing for review of Sydney allowances.
'Never say die' pays big time for Swans
Caroline Wilson Most premierships are foregone conclusions by the time living minutes become dying seconds in the twilight of grand final day. Many are anti-climactic and usually the short-priced favourite gets up.
Swans to get the drop on Hawks
Jon Pierik and Caroline Wilson AFL will break with protocol and schedule Hawthorn in second preliminary final.
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Davis spreads the word for Swans
Caroline Wilson Some weeks ago Nick Davis stood on the SCG and recreated again and again several versions of the left-foot snap that, in 2005, cruelled Geelong in a second semi-final.
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With his legacy secure, Colless calls it a day
Caroline Wilson Watching Richard Colless in the middle of the MCG after the final siren had sounded on last season there seemed to be a sense of detachment surrounding the Sydney chairman despite the fact his...
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Proud Colless calls it a day
Caroline Wilson AFL's current longest-serving club chairman announces his time at Sydney will come to a close after more than 21 years.
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We want AFL team: Kiwis
Caroline Wilson Having achieved a long-held AFL dream of hosting a premiership match outside Australia, St Kilda, the team that sealed the deal, could not quite manage the fairytale.
Buddy shoots himself in foot
Caroline Wilson Lance Franklin's crazy decision to take hostage of Hawks' season suddenly seems increasingly risky for him.
The stress test
Caroline Wilson All AFL coaches will deal with pressure their own way, or be dealt with.
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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.
A game of both shock and awe
Caroline Wilson Off-field scandals and AFL pre-seasons have come together with toxic regularity since Andrew Demetriou joined the league at the beginning of the 21st century.
Sydney at war with the Blues
Caroline Wilson EXCLUSIVE The bad blood between Melbourne and Sydney has become toxic.
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The agony before and after the ecstasy
Caroline Wilson Mitch Morton's football story, like most fairytales, has a deeper, darker side, one which he accepts will haunt him for the rest of his life.
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Demetriou urges new philosophy
Caroline Wilson AFL chief launches another attack on ''madcap philosophy of winning at all costs''.
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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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McGuire 'an amnesiac' on cap fight
Caroline Wilson GWS chairman Tony Shepherd has diagnosed Eddie McGuire with 'a bad case of amnesia'.
