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.
Damien Hardwick re-signs with Richmond Football Club until 2018
Caroline Wilson Damien Hardwick has been signed to the club until the end of 2018 following deliberations over the summer which saw the board question whether the coach of six years had taken the Tigers as far as he...
Essendon 34: Empty threats a losing game for Stephen Dank
Caroline Wilson The doors just keep closing upon Stephen Dank and his empty threats.
Collingwood re-sign coach Nathan Buckley
Caroline Wilson Collingwood and Nathan Buckley have agreed to terms, with the club set to announce a contract extension for its coach at the Magpies' season launch on Tuesday night.
AFL 2016: Richmond to explain why they fielded 15 players
Caroline Wilson Richmond are preparing a detailed explanation for the AFL in the wake of last Thursday's NAB Challenge debacle which saw league football boss Mark Evans order the Tigers to send three players...
AFL 2016: Greater Western Sydney Giants may offer Graeme Allan role as paid director
Caroline Wilson Greater Western Sydney's outgoing football boss Graeme Allan has been approached to remain at the club.
Head of commercial operations at Carlton, Nigel Clark, quits after 13 months
Caroline Wilson The former Momentum Energy boss who was given the task of turning around Carlton's off-field fortunes has quit after 13 months in the job.
Tasmania's long-term future looks headed for a significant shift
Caroline Wilson The AFL's long-term future in Tasmania looks headed for a significant directional shift should the competition accept the conclusion drawn by its own review recently completed by former Western...
AFL father-daughter rule considered for women's league
Caroline Wilson The emergence of the first father-daughter candidate for the new national women's league has prompted the AFL to look to introducing a version of its father-son rule.
AFL 2016 season: Club chiefs urge AFL to fully fund players and drop wealth tax
Caroline Wilson A core of the AFL's most powerful and experienced club chiefs have urged the competition to fully fund player payments from 2017 and eradicate the "politically divisive" wealth tax which even league...
Jobe Watson's Brownlow: AFL hoped he would hand back medal
Caroline Wilson The most arduous task facing the AFL in 2016 — the stripping of Jobe Watson's Brownlow Medal — was one the game's governors believed they would never have to make.
Carlton erred in on-field selections against Essendon
Caroline Wilson Dismal performance by the undermanned Blues last Sunday raised eyebrows all the way to AFL head office.
AFL season 2016: Magpies feud with league threatening to boil over
Caroline Wilson C ollingwood's fury at being kept in the dark over its round-one Sydney venue move is part of a much wider grievance between the Magpies and the AFL.
Essendon saga: Suspended ex-Bombers warned to keep options open on compensation
Caroline Wilson Suspended former Essendon players have been warned not to sign away their rights to future compensation claims as they negotiate with the club to cover their 2016 lost earnings.
Kate Jenkins well placed to rid Blues of boys’ club image
Caroline Wilson Kate Jenkins' deep love and understanding of football has proved a fortunate twist of fate for the AFL.
AFL to overhaul policy covering treatment of women
Caroline Wilson Lingering unease over its handling of the allegations levelled late last year against Richmond's Dustin Martin has prompted the AFL move to overhaul its policy covering the game's treatment of women.
Clubs take steps to guard against possible players' strike
Caroline Wilson The remote possibility of a players' strike has seen at least two AFL club boards formalise a risk management strategy around the dreaded prospect.
AFL considers short-term player contracts to cover injuries
Caroline Wilson The AFL could introduce short-term playing contracts into the game for clubs seeking to replace injured footballers mid-season.
AFL Coaches Association promises change after Clarkson award snub
Caroline Wilson Revamp for coaches' award after Hawthorn's triple-premiership guru misses out every time.
National women's football league set to expand to eight teams
Caroline Wilson Gillon McLachlan has likened the growth of women's football across Australia to a revolution and revealed that the 2017 inaugural national women's league would almost certainly expand to an...
Gillon McLachlan likes the look of coaches' view of the game
Caroline Wilson Gillon McLachlan believes his attempts to persuade the coaches to place further importance upon the look of the game could be bearing fruition.
