Rohan Connolly
Rohan Connolly, a senior football writer for The Age and radio broadcaster with sports radio station 1116 SEN, has been covering the game since 1983. A multi-AFL Media Association award-winner known for his passion and love of the game, he analyses the AFL for the newspaper and contributes a blog and weekly video, "Footy Fix", for The Age's football website, Real Footy.
Dockers rewrite the script
Rohan Connolly The scoreline at quarter-time looked as expected. But the teams were the wrong way round.
Crows by a nose on Swans
Rohan Connolly The visiting Swans will push the Crows early, but Adelaide has the better form.
Aussie Rules
Third time lucky for Magpies
Rohan Connolly COLLINGWOOD assistant coach Robert Harvey said yesterday the Magpies had taken plenty of confidence out of last week's return to some sort of form against Essendon.
AFL
Hawks clearly the best: Harvey
Rohan Connolly Magpies assistant coach Robert Harvey says team took confidence out of last week's win.
Live blog: History is bunk ...
Rohan Connolly History is bunk. So said Henry Ford, founder of the company which has been Geelong Football Club's major sponsor for decades now. It's a nice link.
Cats may yet make history
Rohan Connolly If anyone can win the flag from sixth place, then Geelong can.
Roos' finals hopes may go west
Rohan Connolly North Melbourne has played to its peak when the pressure to perform was at its greatest.
Beware Geelong's charge from outside the four
Rohan Connolly The Cats are a genuine hope to pull off the impossible - win a flag from outside the top four.
Finals are about timing and it's Cats' time
Rohan Connolly This has been an even more eventful AFL season than usual, full of wild fluctuations.
Another visit to the Cats to test Swans
Rohan Connolly Swans have won kudos for having held on to one of the top two spots on the ladder since June.
AFL
Footy masters' cracking battle caught on tape
Rohan Connolly North Melbourne coach Ron Barassi stands before his players, moments before they're to run out for the 1975 grand final against Hawthorn, desperate to win the club's first VFL premiership.
AFL
Vardy earns his Cats stripes
Rohan Connolly Geelong ruckman Nathan Vardy will play his first game of AFL football for more than a year when he returns to the Cats' line-up for tomorrow's crucial final-round match against Sydney.
Rohan Connolly
Record means little against the rapidly advancing tide
Rohan Connolly MANY factors can kill an AFL coaching stint. At Carlton, for Brett Ratten, who'll take charge of the Blues for the final time against St Kilda on Sunday, it's been the convergence of several.
AFL
Cats gain Vardy, lose Varcoe
Rohan Connolly Geelong ruckman Nathan Vardy will play his first game of AFL football for more than a year-and-a-half when he returns to the Cats' line-up for Saturday's crucial final round match against Sydney.
AFL
Malthouse: my wife was in tears
Rohan Connolly Mick Malthouse has maintained this morning he has made no decision about his coaching future despite Carlton's announcement of the sacking of Brett Ratten as senior coach.
Live blog: Connolly on Thursday
Rohan Connolly There are plenty of reasons Hawthorn now seems a premiership standout; top spot on the ladder and a percentage a fair bit healthier than all its rivals merely the most obvious.
Flag hopes: necks on line
Rohan Connolly A battle within a battle looms this week for the teams in the top eight.
Burgoyne can bring home bacon
Rohan Connolly There are plenty of reasons why Hawthorn now seems a premiership standout.
AFL
Saints stroll to victory
Rohan Connolly St Kilda livewire Stephen Milne kicks five goals to set up a low-pressure win over GWS.
Blues daze for coach
Rohan Connolly Brett Ratten, under pressure all season to keep his post despite having a year left to run on his contract but looking safer recently after Carlton's four wins in its past five games, might have had...
