Mid-season report: Magpies set to miss finals for a fourth year
Collingwood have stayed competitive in 2017, their greatest losing margin just 23 points, but the bottom line remains a win-loss record of 5-7 and top eight chances fading fast.
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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.
Rohan Connolly's Last Word on round 12
Blues bloom, Dayne Beams inspires, Crows and Sloane play tag, and form is temporary - but quality permanent.
Quicker, slicker Dons look dangerous
The pieces of the Essendon jigsaw puzzle are starting to come together. And so is the way they play their football.
Chasing consistency: Worsfold optimistic form against Port will be closer to the norm
Coach John Worsfold is optimistic form against Port Adelaide will be closer to the norm for Essendon.
Bombers turn on the jets and turn off the Power
Some games meander along for much of their duration in search of an obvious narrative. The storyline for this one, in contrast, was written after 15 minutes.
Who really won and lost in this season's AFL fixture?
In the tightest of AFL seasons, 2017 could be one year where the fixture proves pivotal to which teams make the finals and who misses out.
Dream on, WA. This Big V team is the pick of them all
Dream on WA. Victoria would be in a league of their own in a new state-of-origin clash.
Origin Allies line-up pretty handy in heat of battle
Nearly 20 years on from when it last played, how would a hypothetical Allies state-of-origin team shape up now? Pretty decently.
Rohan Connolly's last word on round 11
Brain fades, Thursday night games, how Martin frees up Cotchin and proves the spotlight of media speculation doesn't hurt some players.
No place like home
In the tightest of AFL seasons, factors like injuries, luck, even umpiring, are making a difference. But none as profoundly as where the games are played.
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