An award-winning journalist specialising in Australian Rules Football, Olympics and cycling, Samantha Lane has been a member of Channel Seven’s AFL television broadcast team since 2013. The move followed ten years on Channel 10's much-loved AFL show Before the Game.

Sam's 12 years writing for The Age and Fairfax Media was highlight filled. She is a two-time Quill award winner from the Melbourne Press Club, and her work on the AFL and NRL doping scandals formed part of a Fairfax group entry that won a Walkley award.

She has covered the Olympic Games and the Tour de France three times, and her work on the AFL women's league has been pioneering. She was co-host of Channel Seven's AFLW pre-match show in its inaugural season and was boundary rider for all of Channel Seven's AFLW game broadcasts, including the landmark first AFLW grand final.