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.
GWS v Carlton: September football a Giant-sized challenge
Rohan Connolly Greater Western Sydney have already as good as qualified for September. Now comes the task of preparing to climb their biggest potential finals hurdle – a lack of experience.
Adelaide v North Melbourne: North Melbourne's rocky run home will tell the truth
Rohan Connolly The sceptics have been dismissive of North Melbourne all season. With the Roos now up against it, the next few weeks may tell us once and for all whether they're the real deal or not.
AFL season 2016: All eight have chance in wide-open year
Rohan Connolly The popular premiership fancy seems to change by the week. It's shaping as an epic race. Let's check out the runners.
Rohan Connolly: The last word from round 13
Rohan Connolly It still might be a long finish to the season for Essendon. But it will be a lot less gloomy if the Bombers' band of youngsters and old hands continue to bring the sort of effort they turned on...
Kangaroos rue a spectacular own goal
Rohan Connolly North Melbourne have a tough enough task ahead without their own coaches and officials causing distractions their players can't afford.
Western Bulldogs v Geelong: Luke Beveridge says Dogs won't risk Tom Boyd until he's ready
Daniel Cherny and Rohan Connolly Despite his side kicking just five goals on Saturday night, Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says the club won't risk playing Tom Boyd in the seniors until the key forward is ready.
Western Bulldogs v Geelong: Cats cream the Bulldogs
Rohan Connolly Geelong does it very efficiently against the Western Bulldogs, taking top spot on the ladder with a thumping 57-point win at Etihad Stadium.
AFL season 2016: Marcus Bontempelli starting to get that Brownlow look
Rohan Connolly Marcus Bontempelli played his debut AFL season against a backdrop of superlatives about his talent and potential. Two years down the track, on the eve of his 50th game, it’s happening again.
Australian Football Hall of Fame 2016: Maurice Rioli - The magician of Tigerland
Rohan Connolly On Tuesday night, another six members were inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame. They included not just stars of the modern AFL era but legends of South Australian and Western Australian football.
Melbourne v Collingwood: Demons banish ghosts of Queen's Birthdays past
Rohan Connolly Melbourne won their first Queen's Birthday game against Collingwood since 2007 by 46 points.
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AFL 2016: Purrfection - Dangerfield joins a special breed of Cat
Rohan Connolly In 33 years I've only awarded three perfect player scores. Patrick Dangerfield's stellar performance on Saturday night was one such effort. Here are the others.
Rohan Connolly: The last word from round 12
Rohan Connolly GWS answer the critics, Saints' issue ominous response, Brisbane surrender, and a motivating Bulldog return.
AFL season 2016: 'Dangerwood' a great celebrity couple
Rohan Connolly Australian sport has had some famous sporting double acts. Geelong star midfielders Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood might be establishing themselves as another.
Geelong v North Melbourne: Kangaroos' loss compounded by injuries
Rohan Connolly North Melbourne faces their most challenging week of the season after their second loss of the season, a spate of injuries, and only six days to prepare for another big game against Hawthorn on...
Geelong v North Melbourne: Dangerfield domination as Cats beat Roos
Rohan Connolly Patrick Dangerfield played the best individual game of the season as Geelong defeated North Melbourne by 31 points at Etihad Stadium.
AFL season 2016: Fixture revisited suggests Eagles may yet take flight
Rohan Connolly West Coast have been dominant at home and dismal away, but it's far from season over for the Eagles, according to their opponents in the run home.
AFL 2016: Rohan Connolly's mid-season All-Australian team
Rohan Connolly With apologies to at least seven midfielders, here's the team.
AFL 2016: big names miss the cut as my mid-season All-Australians
Rohan Connolly No MItchell, no Priddis, no room as Rohan Connolly struggles to fit all his candidates into his best 22 of the year so far.
AFL 2016: Cold, hard reality blows away flag pretenders
Rohan Connolly Adversity in football comes in various forms. And on the weekend, we saw some instructive examples of how the better teams respond to it.
AFL season 2016: Real wins for resilience in round 11
Rohan Connolly Weekend's action provided some instructive examples of how the better teams overcome adversity.
