Rohan Connolly

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.

AFL

One team rules them all

Geelong players celebrate the 2009 grand final.

Rohan Connolly Leigh Matthews' Lions were the equal of today's Cats.

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Tigers stand up but Cats scoot clear

Cat attack: Billie Smedts and Andrew Mackie celebrate.

Rohan Connolly Richmond not humiliated but Geelong's strength proves too much.

AFL

Bombers play copycats

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Rohan Connolly Essendon has spent much of the past three years aspiring to emulate Geelong.

Leading by example

Geelong captain Joel Selwood (right) and Steve Johnson celebrate a goal against the Swans.

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

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Rohan Connolly Discuss the footy issues that matter to you with Age live blog guru Rohan Connolly, from 12 noon Monday.

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AFL

Dogs take it up to Cats

Cat and Dog fight: Cameron Guthrie (left) and Jake Stringer duel for a mark.

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

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Rohan Connolly What we have learnt from the on-field action in the first month of the AFL season.

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AFL

Cats inflict more pain on Hawks

Mitch Duncan celebrates.

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

AFL coaches.

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.

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AFL

Big guns back as momentum builds

Tom Hawkins

Rohan Connolly Tom Hawkins ready to throw his considerable weight behind Cats' 2013 campaign.

No doubts, a young Cat comes of age

Tom Hawkins.

Rohan Connolly Tom Hawkins' fine 2012 has earned him a leadership role.

AFL's year of triumph and ignominy

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Rohan Connolly We review a year of on-field glory and off-field ignominy, and look forward to next season.

Dockers rewrite the script

Matthew Pavlich of the Dockers marks in front of Paul Chapman of the Cats during the second AFL elimination final.

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

Richmond's Jack Riewoldt

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.

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Another visit to the Cats to test Swans

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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

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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

James Podsiadly and Tom Hawkins

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

Geelong's Tom Hawkins

Rohan Connolly If anyone can win the flag from sixth place, then Geelong can.

Football

Two cool Cats show the Twain meets midfield

Steve Johnson aka 'Stevie J' (left) and Paul 'Chappy' Chapman.

Rohan Connolly During the past few weeks Geelong have had 'we're not done just yet' written all over them.

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