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.
How I was kicked in the guts
44 days and 42 AFL games have passed since the night I watched Sam Newman staple-gun my photograph to a mannequin dressed in underwear.
Time is up for an antiquated system
The AFL has conceded its timekeeping methods are outdated and has commissioned a complete overhaul of the system.
Horsburgh's bad habits take a hit
Essendon's coach takes a stand that will resonate around the club.
Watching this space since '66
St Kilda has tried to put a lid on things when a spot in the clubrooms was "unofficially" reserved for some important silverware.
Women vital to game: Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou has again distanced the AFL from a spate of negative public sentiment towards women in football.
Pies, Lions unite against concessions
Collingwood has found an ally in Brisbane in a fight against salary cap concessions for the new teams.
Kicking on, a refugee's story
It shouldn't, but three footballers found that in junior football it does matter if you're black or white.
Eagles chief says confidence lost
Trevor Nisbett believes the Eagles' dramatic form slump is linked to the club's off-field problems.
Worsfold's testing times
The West Coast coach's most bitter internal struggle remains the
Ben Cousins-led off-field deterioration that threatened to engulf
the West Coast Eagles.
North to keep home by forging ties with the new
North Melbourne's survival will be based on a state-of-the-art football facility and new migrant communities.
Not all football fans are blokes
Attitudes towards women have greatly improved in the past 10 years, but there is still a way to go.
Fevola yet to convince Blues
Carlton has refused to guarantee the long-term future of its hottest property Brendan Fevola.
One brand that Brisbane needs
It's good Jonathan Brown is coming home, but it's best for all if it's a one-off.
Dees told 'face up to the crisis'
The AFL has delivered a shock broadside to Melbourne, saying its brand is meaningless and it stands for nothing.
Players propose 17-round season
The AFL Players Association will propose a 17-round season from 2012.
Tasmania stakes claim to field own AFL team
Tasmania will officially bid for one of the two new AFL licences, with Premier Paul Lennon holding in Melbourne.
Time for Tigers of old to return
A lack of involvement by former players has turned Richmond into a club bereft of culture.
Tassie cool on AFL push
The irony in the push for a Tasmanian AFL team is the fact that the state has never asked for one.
Tiger turf is 'crap', says Demetriou
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou slams Richmond's long-time training base at Punt Road as "crap", describing it as the worst playing surface in the AFL.
Holland's cautionary tale
Ben Holland, in the words of his manager, is a player spurned.
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