Samantha Lane

Samantha Lane
Lane during Seven Network's pre-game coverage prior to the inaugural AFL Women's match in February 2017
Born	Samantha Jane "Sam" Lane (1979-06-05) 5 June 1979 (age 37) Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Australian AFL writer, television & radio personality
Years active	2003–present
Employer	Seven Network
Parent(s)	Tim Lane

Samantha Jane "Sam" Lane (born 5 June 1979) is an Australian AFL writer for The Age newspaper, television and radio personality and daughter of veteran football journalist and commentator Tim Lane.

Lane was a footy fanatic even during secondary education at St Michael's Grammar School where she had a keen interest in sport as well as aerobics and drama and began writing about Australian Rules Football while completing a Bachelor of Arts and language degree in French at Melbourne University. She now has experience across all media - print, online, television and radio as well as public speaking engagements.

Lane started out writing for the Carlton Football Club monthly magazine and writing reports for the AFL website.

Lane is a sports writer with The Age newspaper in Melbourne. She joined The Sunday Age sports team in 2005 before crossing to the weekday Age in 2007. Although well known as a football journalist, she also covers other major sporting events for the paper, including the Australian Open tennis, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games.

Lane was a panellist on Network Ten's Before the Game AFL panel show from 2003 until leaving at the end of the 2012 football season. She also made regular contributions on Melbourne community radio station Triple R.

In 2013, Lane joined the Seven Network for its Saturday night AFL coverage.

Lane is also a cast member of the ABC Television documentary series Agony Aunts and The Agony of Life.