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.
Dockers rewrite the script
Rohan Connolly The scoreline at quarter-time looked as expected. But the teams were the wrong way round.
Dockers live by Lyon's lore
Rohan Connolly For Ross Lyon, it's about a job. And for him and his side, it's a job only partially done.
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Lyon-sized Dockers show finals quality
Rohan Connolly There's a parallel between Ross Lyon as coach of St Kilda and his efforts at Fremantle.
Dowdy Dockers get the job done
Rohan Connolly After seven rounds, Fremantle is conceding fewer points a game than any other side.
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Dan good
Rohan Connolly Coming second isn't something you'd expect to celebrate in AFL football, but it's a different story in the case of Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery.
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Another winter, and still the old Lion is roaring
Rohan Connolly Have we really sung Lions champion Simon Black's praises loudly enough?
Cameron stands tallest among Giants
Rohan Connolly Giants' key forward Jeremy Cameron is emerging as a star.
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Daw lives up to hype, while others fall well short
Rohan Connolly The hype has been considerable, but the reality of Majak Daw at senior level is living up to it.
Leading by example
Rohan Connolly Geelong's Joel Selwood and Essendon's Jobe Watson are two of the best leaders.
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Power have the glory, and the midfield
Rohan Connolly Port Adelaide is rapidly turning into the feel-good story of 2013.
Dees coach asks for patience during second rebuild
Jake Niall and Rohan Connolly Mark Neeld pledges to keep turning players over until he finds those who are ''up for the fight''.
From a gripping tussle to health and safety issue
Rohan Connolly Two great rivals, a gripping sub-plot, a packed MCG and an unlikely hero.
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.
The wrap
Rohan Connolly The Adelaide Crows left too much to too few, beaten badly in the clearance stakes.
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Measuring up the midfield
Rohan Connolly The jury is still out on whether quality or quantity is the key to victory.
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Wow, seven games on a Saturday, pass the Footy Record
Rohan Connolly Saturday was a bit of a landmark day in recent AFL football.
Tanking saga leaves us with more questions
Rohan Connolly One question still remains: what exactly is tanking, and was Melbourne guilty of it?
Eight it great?
Rohan Connolly The scramble for the AFL finals in 2013 is shaping as a dogfight unlike anything we've seen before.
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Tippett sets out draft terms
Rohan Connolly and Jon Pierik Suspended key forward seems almost sure to end up with the Swans.
