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.

In the final quarter

Rohan Connolly sport dinkus

Rohan Connolly With their AFL careers entering the latter stages, how do football veterans prepare for yet another season?

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Watters' Saints: the team that time forgot

St Kilda coach Scott Watters

Rohan Connolly Why does everyone overlook St Kilda when they consider finals contenders?

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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The weight

Rohan Connolly It's taken some time, but St Kilda now expects Sean Dempster to play a big role in 2013

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Saints stroll to victory

Sure hands: St Kilda’s Arryn Siposs takes a safe chest mark despite the attentions of Giant Nathan Wilson yesterday at Etihad Stadium.

Rohan Connolly St Kilda livewire Stephen Milne kicks five goals to set up a low-pressure win over GWS.

Pies as they might

St Kilda's Jack Steven is tackled by Magpie Alex Fasolo last night.

Rohan Connolly In the end, you had to wonder whether Collingwood won last night's game against St Kilda, or rather, failed to lose it.

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Ratten runs hot, Hird goes cold

James Hird, Stephen Milne and Nick Riewoldt.

Rohan Connolly Do coaches make teams or teams make coaches? It's a perennial football question, one at times that is almost impossible to answer, but one worth pondering again after two crucial and surprising...

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Coach fires up in bid to spark Dal Santo

Going nowhere: Ryan Crowley hangs on to Nick Dal Santo for dear life.

Rohan Connolly Some players are afforded more critical largesse than others.

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A tale of two paths taken

A Demon no more: Brock McLean celebrates victory over St Kilda in the 2006 elimination final.

Rohan Connolly The 2006 elimination final was a great night for the Demons.

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Journey into the unknown

2012 season.

Rohan Connolly With another debutant team and so many new coaches, we're in for a turbulent season in 2012.