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.
Comment
Is Collingwood on the nose?
Rohan Connolly Can a side as proven as the Pies really be dismissed as a flag chance?
AFL
Essendon stymies Pies attack
Rohan Connolly Bombers held sway in general play and on the scoreboard the entire afternoon, but that didn't necessarily make their eventual 46-point win a comfortable exercise until the final 10 minutes.
AFL
Dons well placed for Pie fright
Rohan Connolly Few players have featured in as important a moment in just their fourth AFL game as did Essendon's David Zaharakis in 2009.
Buckley defends Swan
Rohan Connolly Collingwood coach speaks out about suggestions of an emerging drug culture in the AFL.
Magpies get their reward
Rohan Connolly Collingwood can, and has, played a lot better quality football than it did last night, and will certainly need to if it is to have any chance of winning the premiership.
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.
Pies pair need to ruffle Eagles
Rohan Connolly Collingwood has to win tonight to avoid being overtaken by West Coast.
Pies as they might
Rohan Connolly In the end, you had to wonder whether Collingwood won last night's game against St Kilda, or rather, failed to lose it.
The Connolly Report
Plenty of upside for Pies
Rohan Connolly Andrew Krakouer's return promises to give the Magpies a lift.
Another hoodoo to be put to the test
Rohan Connolly Join Rohan Connolly to discuss the big football issues as we enter round 20.
Magpies at home away from home
Rohan Connolly Collingwood certainly seems up against it tonight at AAMI Stadium.
Pie star a smooth mix of grit and glitz
Rohan Connolly There's a lot to like about the way Collingwood plays its football.
The year of playing surprisingly
Rohan Connolly It stands to reason that a mid-year All-Australian team would feature a few unlikely names.
It's deja vu as hot Pies burn Cats
Rohan Connolly This much-touted heavyweight bout was over before it had barely begun.
Magpies land Tarrant bonus
Rohan Connolly It could be fourth time lucky for Chris Tarrant come the grand final.
Hawks prove they're made of right stuff
Rohan Connolly Before yesterday it still somehow felt like Hawthorn had some sort of question to answer.
Unflappable Swan on song to claim gong
Rohan Connolly Dane Swan's prowess as an AFL player seemed to sneak up on much of the football world.
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Journey into the unknown
Rohan Connolly With another debutant team and so many new coaches, we're in for a turbulent season in 2012.
Top Pie makes great strides
Rohan Connolly A lot of hard work goes into Scott Pendlebury making football look easy.
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Better Blues can put heat on Pies
Rohan Connolly Surely victory over an old enemy on Friday night would be definitive proof that the Blues have arrived.
