AFL pay deal to drive massive salary cap increase
League to finally reveal to all clubs next week the prosperous new pay agreement with players that will increase salary caps by close to a total $40 million in 2017.
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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.
Daisy chain of events avoids slim pickings
Dale Thomas' 'selfless' act has further opened up the opportunity for the Blues to make a serious assault on football's open market at the end of 2017.
Blues face $1 million black hole as sponsor pulls out
Carlton president denies the club could be forced to seek financial aid from the AFL following the impending withdrawal of its major sponsor CareerOne.
Scott's admission set to be a game-changer
Brad Scott's game-changing admission that he and North Melbourne could reach an amicable parting at the end of 2017 has created a new path in the coaching landscape.
Blues on a US mission to learn live draft strategy
Carlton coach has been given the green light to continue blooding youth with a seventh debutant possible this round.
Alastair Clarkson in need of wise counsel
Alastair Clarkson's behavioural slips over the journey have always been a backroom issue for the Hawthorn Football Club.
AFL Women's competition may expand next season
The AFL Women's competition looks set to welcome two more clubs by 2019, according to CEO Gill McLachlan.
Melksham affair underlines AFL's fraught relationship with gambling
Jake Melksham's failure to fully disclose details of his betting accounts and subsequent punishment from head office have exposed yet again the fraught relationship between the AFL and gambling which continues to cast a shadow over the game's integrity.
Shut out AFL players' union once pay talks stall, urges Dees president
AFL bosses have been shown a radical proposal to short-circuit pay negotiations with the AFL Players Association by putting an offer directly to the footballers.
St Kilda, Geelong renew push for AFLW teams
Geelong and St Kilda have reinforced their bid to join the national women's league in 2018, putting forward separate submissions to be considered this week by the AFL Commission.
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