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About Caroline Wilson
About 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 is a multiple winner of Australian Football Media Association awards, including most outstanding football writer and most outstanding feature writer (2000, 2003, 2005). Wilson was also voted the AFL Players' Association's football writer of the year in 1999. Before joining The Age, she covered Wimbledon four times and worked extensively in radio. She has also covered both the Sydney and Athens Olympic Games for The Age, along with three Commonwealth Games. Wilson also appears on 3AW's pre-match discussion and Channel Nine's new Monday night AFL program.
Sharp words before knife
Jim Stynes never approved of Paul McNamee and their relationship at the Melbourne Football Club was never likely to last.
Push needs a bigger shove
More than a lame photo opportunity is needed to gain momentum for a successful push for teams up north.
AFL hits a rock out west
The men and women who make up the AFL Commission have a crucial meeting tomorrow. At this delicate stage of the competition's expansion, every commission meeting is crucial, but there is a genuine feeling of a lack of progress hanging over the push into southern Queensland and western Sydney.
North closer to new structure
North Melbourne is on the verge of a historic restructure with the club having unofficially completed a successful deal with its rebel shareholders.
Fevola is acting like a selfish dill
The full-forward's procrastination over a new contract is annoying Carlton's hierarchy and destabilising the club.
AFL eyes Ireland for Celtic team
The AFL is considering a radical proposal to launch an Irish-dominated team in Sydney's western suburbs, which would perform under the Celtic brand name.
'Kick in guts' for the AFL
Michael Voss took 12 months to decide the first step of his coaching path and, in doing so, he has booted the AFL well and truly in the guts.
From protected species to outcast
Barry Hall told the football world in May that he wanted to be remembered not as a thug but as a footballer.
Debt is the devil in Stynes' detail
A confrontational, soul-searching session hosted by Jim Stynes at the MCG could change Melbourne's fortunes.
AFL trials tough new drugs test
AFL players have agreed to a revolutionary drug-testing regime as
part of the AFL's push to toughen its battle against illicit drug
use.
Pressure on Voss to sign
AFL to seek official undertaking from Michael Voss early next month
to sign on to the new Gold Coast team until the end of 2010.
Time to ACT on slighted Canberra
Canberra may be a small market but it spreads a long way and has some powerful people living there.
Pratt departure saves Blues from red faces
Unlike some, Richard Pratt has done the right thing by the Carlton Football Club, despite, in the end, not really having a choice.
Twilight twinkles in AFL grand plan
Andrew Demetriou says he doesn't want a twilight grand final, and yet he has been thinking about one for close to a season-and-a-half now.
Time for Voss to grasp leadership
Now is not the time to be worrying about the rules and regulations, the Gold Coast team just has to be built.
Out of the doghouse
A wiser Rodney Eade has ridden out a bumpy year and has the Bulldogs reaching for September.
New Sydney club on fast-track
The AFL's new western Sydney team could make its under-18 debut as early as next season alongside the Gold Coast in the TAC Cup competition.
Dogs show Roos a brighter future
Struggling clubs need a vision, a way to rebuild membership and a connection to communities.
Caroline Wilson on Melbourne
Over the past fortnight, the Melbourne Football Club has been relocated by Jeff Kennett, targeted and then threatened by Andrew Demetriou and pummelled by St Kilda.
Top two snub game for Games
AFL bosses Mike Fitzpatrick and Andrew Demetriou have turned their
backs on the competition's pivotal 150th birthday celebrations in
favour of the Olympics.
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