Ruck and rule changes help restore the game we knew
For all the hand-wringing over its abolition, the third man up at ruck contests has hardly been a cornerstone of AFL football.
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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.
Footy's top 10 people of 2016
Fairfax Media's top 10 people of the football year aren't necessarily the most popular, or the most successful, but each left a sizeable imprint on the game's landscape in the past 12 months.
Best of the best: The top 10 games of 2016
The 2016 AFL season saw great comebacks, neck and neck tussles, and several kicks to win games, one in a final no less. These, in our view, were the 10 best games of 2016.
Bryce Gibbs proud to be Blue, but hits out at suggestions his partner pushed for move
His desire to move back to his native Adelaide was thwarted, but Carlton's Bryce Gibbs has reassured the Blues that with three years left on his contract, he's more than content to see out his AFL career at the one club.
Gibbs clears up 'misinformation' about his request for a trade home
The Carlton on-baller has plenty he wants to get off his chest. And in an exclusive interview with Fairfax Media, the first since the drama blew up, he does.
Carlton star Cripps right for round one
Sam Docherty confident Blues midfield powerhouse Patrick Cripps will be fit and firing in 2017.
Rohan Connolly's 2016 in review: Bulldogs best in show
Highs, lows, quotes, controversies, stories and stars - but the year's biggest news-makers were the premiership drought-breaking Western Bulldogs.
Cats' draft call goes all the way to Uganda
Geelong’s Sam Simpson found out he'd been taken by the Cats in the recent AFL rookie draft in pretty unusual circumstances
Life membership for star Tiger pair
Richmond stars Dustin Martin and Alex Rance have been honoured with life membership of their club.
Low-key Brownlow affair hits the right note
It was the middle of December, there was a paucity of glitz and glamour, but there was something about Tuesday's low-key presentation of the 2012 Brownlow Medal to Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin that felt right.
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