Era's best, and not done yet

Rohan Connolly Cats' win-loss record is a phenomenon that's going to take some topping.

Don't write off a Magpie return to top

Rohan Connolly Everyone wants instant answers when a side loses a grand final.

Taking care of business

Rohan Connolly After Geelong kicked the first three goals of the second half, the game was all but over.

Too old, too slow, two flags ... and counting

Rohan Connolly A 2011 Geelong premiership team would be one of the oldest in league history. But Rohan Connolly won't be surprised if the Cats defy the doubters.

Injury and form take toll as stars chase All-Australian honours

Rohan Connolly If a week is a long time in football, half-a-season is an eternity. So it has proved again.

It takes more than 22 men

Rohan Connolly AFL football is moving closer to a model similar to English soccer.

Good for football

Rohan Connolly When Geelong and Hawthorn do battle, courage and class come to the fore. Plus weekend previews.

A six-pack of stars comes out of the Blue

Rohan Connolly Sit down to pick a mid-season All-Australian team, and two things become quickly apparent. One is that most of the AFL's elite players right now are near their best.

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The final countdown

Rohan Connolly In the third instalment of his countdown to the AFL season, Rohan Connolly suggests the more things change the more they stay the same...

Mick's men can still learn a lesson from Geelong

Rohan Connolly Cats' second-quarter demolition of the Dogs is compulsory viewing for Pies.

Magpies in better shape for heavyweight rematch

Rohan Connolly One by one, Collingwood is shooting down the most popular reasons it's not supposed to be able to win the premiership.

Bad news for opponents: Cats are better than ever

Rohan Connolly How can you not love Geelong? The Cats are not only one of the most successful sides we've ever seen, they're also close to the most entertaining we've ever been privileged enough to watch.

Geelong does the sums that add up to a win

Rohan Connolly Defence in AFL football has long been far more than the sum of six players across the half-back and full-back lines.

Scarlett to miss a month after training mishap

Rohan Connolly Matthew Scarlett's interrupted start to the season has continues.

Cats collar Dogs to earn rest

Rohan Connolly Geelong knew it needed to get the week's rest to have the best possible chance at this year's premiership.

Stab of brilliance decides thriller

Rohan Connolly There was always a chance this grand final was going to come down to one moment, one act that would finally separate two magnificent teams.

Cats ahead at game's pointy end

Rohan Connolly Hawthorn has recaptured the hardness, power and determination that took it to last year's premiership but there isn't the time or space now to make it count.

Party time for Cats as Pies' dream dies

Rohan Connolly By the end it had got ugly for Collingwood. Geelong players doing party tricks. A stream of possession the Cats' way out of the centre square.

Just great: two best square off

Rohan Connolly So here we are. At the end of possibly the greatest season ever, with potentially one of the greatest grand finals of all looming.

Tough task to pick a team of the year

Rohan Connolly With the All-Australian team to be announced tonight, Rohan Connolly looks at the numbers, sorts through the contenders and concedes that while he won’t agree with every selection, he...