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Caroline Wilson

Caroline Wilson

Caroline Wilson is a Walkley award-winning columnist and former chief football writer for The Age.

Can Chris Fagan and his Brisbane Lions fight back to win their third straight premiership?

A disease has crept into the Lions’ den. Can Fagan and his men find the cure in time?

The Lions’ ledger has looked significantly worse than 6-6 from 12 games at the season’s midpoint, but their un-Brisbane-like behavioral signs began post-season.

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James Hird on the track at Port Melbourne on Thursday night.

Inside the ‘redemption campaign’ to reinstall James Hird

It began with a telephone message from former Bombers chairman Paul Little to David Barham in the days following Essendon’s 10-goal loss to Adelaide in round two last year. Little wanted a meeting.

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GWS’ downturn in form has weighed heavily on Toby Greene.

Greener pastures? Toby’s departure would be a disaster for the Giants

After dedicating more than 15 years of blood, sweat and tears to the Giants, it would be an alarm-bells moment for the club if Greene, their captain and talisman, chose to finish his career elsewhere.

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Michael Voss stepped down as Carlton coach, effective immediately.

Voss passionately defended his club. He did not have the same support from his bosses

The former Brisbane Lions champion spent much of his coaching career looking over his shoulder.

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Swans academy product Isaac Heeney (left) runs onto the SCG.

‘The NRL want to kill us’: Banker considers pulling $1 million from AFL academies

Paul Moore’s disappointment comes after the AFL commission recently confirmed changes to player movement starting with the 2026 national draft.

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Indigenous AFL greats Michael Walters, Shaun Burgoyne and Michael O’Loughlin.

‘Embarrassing, lacking credibility’: Indigenous greats slam AFL

All-Australians Shaun Burgoyne, Michael O’Loughlin and Michael Walters are among those critical of the make-up and lack of Indigenous representation on the panel designed to address a crisis in the number of First Nations players in the game.

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From left: Carlton CEO Graham Wright, Elijah Hollands and coach Michael Voss.

The brutal truth: Carlton are a club in disarray

Whatever other struggles the Blues are enduring behind the scenes, the Elijah Hollands incident exposed a bigger failure. The club has also failed to handle the fallout.

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Paul Briggs, the founding president of Rumbalara Football Netball Club, resigned from the AFL’s Indigenous Advisory Council.

‘We felt really disrespected’: Indigenous advisers quit claiming AFL plan is shallow and self-centred

Paul Briggs, a decorated community leader, resigned along with two other advisers after the AFL Commission bypassed them when it ticked off targets to increase the number of First Nations players in the game.

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Jack Ginnivan was among Hawthorn’s bets on Easter Monday.

Forget what you think you know about Jack Ginnivan. He could be Sam Mitchell’s smartest player

Ginnivan’s switch to Hawthorn on the last day of the 2023 trade period, in a deal essentially based around second-round pick swaps, now looks a poor decision from the Magpies.

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Former Carlton president Luke Sayers is being sued for defamation by his estranged wife, Cate.

How Luke Sayers’ personal humiliation became a disastrous own goal for the AFL

The worst thing about the ill-fated AFL integrity investigation is that it could have been avoided. Now it’s headed for the Supreme Court.

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