Rohan Connolly on Kevin Sheedy - Real Footy

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 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.

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AFL

He's a loyal Folau, says Sheedy

Rohan Connolly Israel Folau may have chosen union because he was to be used as anti-AFL propaganda tool.

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Small steps first for Cameron

Rohan Connolly Kevin Sheedy's heir has been struck by the ''energy'' coming out of the Giants' camp.

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'He was a great mate who loved a beer and loved to be around his teammates.'

Rohan Connolly MERV Neagle played 147 games for Essendon over nine seasons, a fair innings yet not enough to put him among the all-time greats of the club in terms of service or status.

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Remembering a true Bombers favourite

Rohan Connolly For many Essendon fans of a middle age, Merv Neagle - who died yesterday - will always occupy a special place in their hearts and memories.

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Defeated Bombers can take heart

Rohan Connolly Missed it by that much will be the popular reaction to Essendon's nail-biting loss in Adelaide.

Sheedy's 1000

Rohan Connolly The 10 most significant games of Kevin Sheedy's 1000-game playing and coaching career in the VFL and AFL.

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Opposites are drawn together

Rohan Connolly Essendon and Sydney have been serving up quality games of football for a long time. And there's no reason to think tonight's clash at Etihad Stadium will see any departure from the usual script.

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Cloke saga sparks Tiger memories

Rohan Connolly There will be a sense of deja vu at Punt Road, writes Rohan Connolly.

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A starting point between Blues and Bombers

Rohan Connolly They've shared evenly 32 premierships, the most in the AFL. They’ve squared off in no fewer than six grand finals.

Hunt and Folau set to have last laugh

Rohan Connolly The former NRL stars are answering their critics, writes Rohan Connolly.

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Strong and smart, maybe the league boys can play

Rohan Connolly AFL fans can be a cynical bunch, so nothing was bound to prompt as big an outbreak of scepticism among the ranks of diehards than the decision of two clubs yet to even play to unveil two rugby league...

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