Rohan Connolly on Hawks - 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.

Lance Franklin and Joel Selwood have a slight disagreement.

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Cats inflict more pain on Hawks

Rohan Connolly It's a familiar tale for Hawthorn as it slumps to a 10th straight loss to Gelong.

Highly rated Hawks need to hit ground running

Rohan Connolly Hawks go into the new season needing to make a sizeable statement.

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Hawks find salvation in deadly duo

Rohan Connolly Deja vu can never have felt as chilling for any Hawthorn supporter than during the final quarter last night. It was happening again.

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The scare Hawks had to have

Rohan Connolly Hawthorn has the fundamentals in place to win the flag.

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The Connolly Report

Hawks search for answers

Rohan Connolly You can analyse, theorise and pore over all the science you like in football, but sometimes the explanations are nothing more complex than some missed chances.

Hawks' window still open, Swans true heavyweights

Rohan Connolly Rohan Connolly wraps up the final weekend of the AFL season for 2012.

AFL

Hawks clearly the best: Harvey

Rohan Connolly Magpies assistant coach Robert Harvey says team took confidence out of last week's win.

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Hawks are Adelaide's last hurrah

Rohan Connolly They've had a good year, but the Crows don't have enough in their arsenal to beat Hawthorn.

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Hawks and Cats a rivalry to savour

Rohan Connolly There can't be a genuine fan of AFL who isn't salivating over the prospect of another epic between Hawthorn and Geelong at the MCG tonight, whatever their club allegiance.

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Cats an acid test for Hawks

Rohan Connolly The Cats have won their past eight clashes against the flag fancies.

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Hawks prove they're made of right stuff

Rohan Connolly Before yesterday it still somehow felt like Hawthorn had some sort of question to answer.

Hawks widen their options

Rohan Connolly The pieces of the flag jigsaw are coming together for Hawthorn.

AFL

Numbers, personnel point to the Hawks

Rohan Connolly Hawthorn's time is now. And that's more than just conjecture. The demographics of the 2012 AFL lists confirm it. The Hawks have the necessary artillery to land this year's premiership.

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Hawks feeling right at home

Rohan Connolly It says enough about how much AFL football has broadened its horizons over the past couple of decades that today we get our first 'Tasmanian derby' without the competition having actually ever...