Craig Kelly slams clubs' push for reduced coach payouts
Influential player manager Craig Kelly has taken a swipe at the growing trend among AFL clubs to push for reduced payout terms for sacked senior coaches.
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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). In 2014 she won the Melbourne Press Club's Graham Perkin award as Australian journalist of the year. She also won a MPC Quill Award in 2003.
West Coast Eagles push for access to academy recruits
Mounting division over Greater Western Sydney's recruiting benefits has prompted new fears that the game will face pressure to return to the bygone era of club talent zones.
Giants hold on Riverina raises rival clubs' anger
The AFL is facing an angry backlash from its clubs following its proposed backflip over the controversial Greater Western Sydney Academy, which would allow the Giants to retain their rich recruiting zone along the Murray River.
Rockliff redemption gives Lions a big boost
Tom Rockliff's climb back into leadership contention at the Brisbane Lions demonstrates just how much damage can be undone over one solid pre-season.
Journalist Quayle takes giant leap over AFL barrier
The women's revolution that has engulfed the AFL over the summer has broken another barrier with the appointment of Emma Quayle as the game's first female club recruiter.
Outgoing AFL chairman Fitzpatrick delivered on his top priorities
Mike Fitzpatrick raised eyebrows when he once accused the AFL Commission he joined 14 years ago of suffering from a lack of bravery. He did not back away from that after announcing his departure from the game's top job.
Worner must step down from the Sydney Swans board
Tim Worner may have survived as the chief executive of the AFL's free-to-air broadcaster, but on any reasonable analysis his position as a director of the Sydney Swans has become untenable.
Lessons from a lost year: Ross Lyon opens up
Ross Lyon realised watching Fremantle last year during the pre-season competition that something was not right with his team.
Speculation on Bennell injury has racist overtones: Lyon
Media speculation surrounding Harley Bennell's debilitating calf injury has racist overtones according to his coach Ross Lyon.
AFL lagging behind clubs with problem gambling, says academic
A leading public health academic employed by the AFL Players Association to change the gambling culture endemic among AFL clubs has criticised the game's failure at head office level to follow suit.
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