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.
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Neeld just one part of the problem
Rohan Connolly History will record Mark Neeld's one-and-a-half season stint at the helm of Melbourne as one of the bigger disasters AFL coaching has seen.
Need to pull on a boot? Pull the other one
Rohan Connolly Mick Malthouse's fractious relationship with the media is legendary, and the Carlton coach was in a particularly feisty mood last Friday night before the Blues' big game with Hawthorn.
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Tigers sound warning
Rohan Connolly This was just the sort of game that last year, would have had Richmond more than a little anxious. Against an opponent in Adelaide down but capable.
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Suck it up and move on
Rohan Connolly There's scarcely a week of any AFL season that goes by without some sort of umpiring controversy.
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Golden to hold 'em
Rohan Connolly The last time Gold Coast played Essendon in Melbourne, football fans received one of their earliest demonstrations that the AFL's insistence its expansion clubs would require patience was no idle...
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Half a season produces team brim full of talent
Rohan Connolly Rohan Connolly selects his All-Australian team at the half-way mark of 2013.
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Half a season produces team full of talent
Rohan Connolly Rohan Connolly selects his All-Australian team at the half-way mark of 2013.
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Suns shine with their fast and furious football
Rohan Connolly If Gold Coast continues to improve at its current rate, things could change dramatically.
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Only four can fly the flag
Rohan Connolly Barring a miracle, the Hawks, Cats, Swans and Dockers will fight it out.
Live blog with Rohan Connolly at 11am Tuesday
Rohan Connolly Have your say on the footy issues that matter to you at 11am Tuesday.
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Swingmen back in fashion
Rohan Connolly As positional switches go, they don't come a lot more effective than the key move made during Essendon's nail-biting win over Carlton last Friday night.
Freo flag is no fantasy
Rohan Connolly Ross Lyon's team deserves enormous credit for what it's done so far this season.
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Bombers and Blues the thorn in each other's side
Rohan Connolly The notable rivalries between different pairs of AFL clubs have their own characteristics. Carlton and Essendon's remains one of the most intense.
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Live blog with Rohan Connolly at noon
Rohan Connolly Have your say on the footy issues that matter to you at 12 noon Monday.
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A fire-proof coach would have job on toast
Rohan Connolly Perhaps the most significant comment during soap opera came from chairman Don McLardy.
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Hart and soul of Richmond gets his reward as a legend
Rohan Connolly Richmond's golden era of the late 1960s and early '70s produced four premierships.
Live blog with Rohan Connolly at noon
Rohan Connolly Have your say on the footy issues that matter to you at 12 noon Monday.
Coaches cop bump rule on chin
Jesse Hogan and Rohan Connolly Coaches proving themselves more amenable than players to AFL's rationale for, and implementation of, stringent rules to dissuade high contact during bumps.
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It's time to scrap the match review process
Rohan Connolly The AFL’s judicial system continues to fail its most basic test, to deliver verdicts consistent with the football crimes committed.
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Lions' pride stuns Dons
Rohan Connolly Two statistics best sum up Brisbane's stunning 10-point upset of Essendon.
