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.
AFL
Hardwick assures fans Tigers ready for finals
Rohan Connolly High expectations at the start of any season go with the territory for the Richmond Football Club.
Sorry Jack, but three aces trumped you
Rohan Connolly It goes without saying that you can't please everyone when picking an All-Australian team, but generally you'll find reasonable consensus about at least 75 per cent of those selected.
Tigers earning respect
Rohan Connolly Richmond puts on its best performance of the season, hammering Hawthorn at the MCG.
Tale of reality versus reputation
Rohan Connolly The two biggest stories of the weekend games emerged from the same match.
Nearly out, but not down
Rohan Connolly Richmond faces an uphill battle to make the finals for another season.
One spark fires Magpies
Rohan Connolly Seven minutes. Six inside 50s. Five goals. That's pretty much all you needed to know about Collingwood's 21-point win over Richmond at the MCG last night.
Rohan Connolly
Soft in the centre
Rohan Connolly On paper, the Richmond midfield looks impressive, but the numbers tell a different story.
Football
Tigers repay fans' faith
Rohan Connolly Tigers fans were watching an early 20-point lead evaporate with remarkable speed.
Dons' aim hurts Tigers
Rohan Connolly They had it won, lost it, and won it back again. That was Essendon's 19-point win over Richmond in a nutshell.
























