Samantha Jane "Sam" Lane (born 5 June 1979) is an Australian AFL and sports writer for The Age newspaper, television and radio personality and daughter of veteran journalist and commentator Tim Lane.
She was a panelist on Before The Game on Network Ten for over a decade.
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.2017- present one of the host of ch7 afl woman’s courage.