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
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.
Tigers stand up but Cats scoot clear
Rohan Connolly Richmond not humiliated but Geelong's strength proves too much.
AFL
Bombers play copycats
Rohan Connolly Essendon has spent much of the past three years aspiring to emulate Geelong.
Leading by example
Rohan Connolly Geelong's Joel Selwood and Essendon's Jobe Watson are two of the best leaders.
Live blog with Rohan Connolly, 12 noon today
Rohan Connolly Discuss the footy issues that matter to you with Age live blog guru Rohan Connolly, from 12 noon Monday.
AFL
Dogs take it up to Cats
Rohan Connolly Western Bulldogs put up a good fight but in the end the Cats take the points.
AFL
Quicker, cleaner and a few surprises
Rohan Connolly What we have learnt from the on-field action in the first month of the AFL season.
AFL
Cats inflict more pain on Hawks
Rohan Connolly It's a familiar tale for Hawthorn as it slumps to a 10th straight loss to Gelong.
AFL coaches: the class of 2013
Compiled by Rohan Connolly and Jon Pierik Rohan Connolly and Jon Pierik take a look at the men guiding the 18 teams in the AFL fray.
AFL
Big guns back as momentum builds
Rohan Connolly Tom Hawkins ready to throw his considerable weight behind Cats' 2013 campaign.
No doubts, a young Cat comes of age
Rohan Connolly Tom Hawkins' fine 2012 has earned him a leadership role.
AFL's year of triumph and ignominy
Rohan Connolly We review a year of on-field glory and off-field ignominy, and look forward to next season.
Dockers rewrite the script
Rohan Connolly The scoreline at quarter-time looked as expected. But the teams were the wrong way round.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cats may yet make history
Rohan Connolly If anyone can win the flag from sixth place, then Geelong can.
Football
Two cool Cats show the Twain meets midfield
Rohan Connolly During the past few weeks Geelong have had 'we're not done just yet' written all over them.
























