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.