AFL

Suck it up and move on

Rohan Connolly There's scarcely a week of any AFL season that goes by without some sort of umpiring controversy.

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Neeld just one part of the problem

Rohan Connolly History will record Mark Neeld's one-and-a-half season stint at the helm of Melbourne as one of the bigger disasters AFL coaching has seen.

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Live blog with Rohan Connolly at 11am Tuesday

Rohan Connolly Have your say on the footy issues that matter to you at 11am Tuesday.

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Bombers and Blues the thorn in each other's side

Rohan Connolly The notable rivalries between different pairs of AFL clubs have their own characteristics. Carlton and Essendon's remains one of the most intense.

Insiders take stock on new Blues chief

Rohan Connolly Football today, like society, muses former Carlton captain Mark Maclure, is transient. 'Things move all over the place, and in football it's players and coaches.'

Hype all about it as big men fly at home

Rohan Connolly Melbourne footballing public lusting for the resumption of on-field hostilities.

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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Eagles to soar highest

Rohan Connolly Rarely have so many been in the hunt for the major prize.

AFL

Real concerns about more tinkering with the game

Rohan Connolly Congestion in football is an issue, but the game should be allowed to find its own solutions.

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You can bank on big smiles from winner of the cup

Rohan Connolly For the corporate marketing men, nothing justifies sporting sponsorship better than those pictures of a jubilant premiership team on the dais holding a trophy named after their company, its branding...

Malthouse's Blues look a good mix

Rohan Connolly Mick Malthouse taking over at Carlton was always going to be one of the best stories of 2013.

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.

Eight it great?

Rohan Connolly The scramble for the AFL finals in 2013 is shaping as a dogfight unlike anything we've seen before.

Pies on mountain high

Rohan Connolly Collingwood players back after an intensive two-week training camp in Utah.

Magpies on the move

Rohan Connolly In search of success, Nathan Buckley's Collingwood is heading in new directions.

Stepping up

Rohan Connolly Nick Duigan is respected by his teammates - that's why he's in the leadership group.

The new blue

Rohan Connolly There's anticipation at Carlton this week as veteran coach Mick Malthouse takes the reins.

Blues daze for coach

Rohan Connolly Brett Ratten, under pressure all season to keep his post despite having a year left to run on his contract but looking safer recently after Carlton's four wins in its past five games, might have had...

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Record means little against the rapidly advancing tide

Rohan Connolly MANY factors can kill an AFL coaching stint. At Carlton, for Brett Ratten, who'll take charge of the Blues for the final time against St Kilda on Sunday, it's been the convergence of several.