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
Varcoe: A man for the moment
Rohan Connolly Travis Varcoe has been at the centre of many of Geelong's high points in this golden era for the Cats.
No doubts, a young Cat comes of age
Rohan Connolly Tom Hawkins' fine 2012 has earned him a leadership role.
Time for seasoned to be jolly
Rohan Connolly Perhaps the most definitive comment on the long-running Melbourne tanking saga mercifully brought to a close this week came not with the announcement of penalties and the welter of analysis which...
AFL
A team to stake your life on
Rohan Connolly Choosing a team of top grand final performers since 1989 is no easy task.
Dockers rewrite the script
Rohan Connolly The scoreline at quarter-time looked as expected. But the teams were the wrong way round.
AFL
Vardy earns his Cats stripes
Rohan Connolly Geelong ruckman Nathan Vardy will play his first game of AFL football for more than a year when he returns to the Cats' line-up for tomorrow's crucial final-round match against Sydney.
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.
Cats an acid test for Hawks
Rohan Connolly The Cats have won their past eight clashes against the flag fancies.
The year of playing surprisingly
Rohan Connolly It stands to reason that a mid-year All-Australian team would feature a few unlikely names.
Fading? Not so fast
Rohan Connolly Rivals and pundits may think otherwise, but the Cats expect to be involved at the pointy end of the season for several years.
