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About Rohan Connolly
About Rohan Connolly
Rohan Connolly is a senior football writer for The Age. He analyses the AFL in both the weekday and weekend editions of the paper as well as providing a weekly video preview on realfooty.com.au. Connolly began his newspaper career on The Sun News-Pictorial in 1983. He joined The Age in 1987 as a sports sub-editor but returned to writing shortly after, specialising in football. He joined The Sunday Age as deputy sports editor in 1990, taking over as chief football writer in 1993. Rohan has contributed to a number of books about AFL football, has worked extensively in pay TV, and is a regular part of radio station 3AW's football coverage.
Stats point to a clash for the ages
The best offence against the best defence. It promises to be a cracker of a game.
A belting does not make the Blues a basket case
It sure hurts copping a thrashing against a bitter rival on the biggest of stages.
Blockbuster match for the ages
The AFL is prone to its share of hyperbole, but surely the St Kilda-Geelong game has to be the biggest home-and-away clash in 113 years of league football.
Hawks' wings clipped
The Hawks are starting to resemble another high-flying side brought back to earth.
Dons, Blues: Here they come again
Carlton said it was coming, but Essendon was waiting for it back in April, now the Blues have the chance to make the Bombers eat their words.
Collingwood's double Ds have the X factor
There are two reasons why the Pies are a good bet for two chances in September: Alan Didak and Leon Davis.
The Adams family
Adam McPhee has learnt some life lessons along with his football.
Fierce Lions show desire to crunch some numbers
The Brisbane Lions made a statement yesterday — they are a contender.
Tambling lives up to the hype
Has there been an AFL player of recent times more maligned than Richard Tambling? It's doubtful.
The art of Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins was considered the leader of his old club. To its delight, his new club is finding out why.
Twists and turns in store for rest of 2009
Never before in 113 years of league football have we arrived at the halfway point of the season with not one but two teams still undefeated.
Laidley and Roos can look, but what will they find?
Nathan Buckley could decide who goes to Punt Road and whether Roos' coach stays.
Roos give fright but Saints march home
Glance at final score and you'll read yet another routine putting down of an inferior opponent. Which, ultimately, St Kilda's 46-point defeat of North Melbourne was.
Drawing out straight Lyon
There's no great mystery, says Ross Lyon, about St Kilda's rise from just another team to a heavyweight, still unbeaten nearly halfway through the season.
Wallace sadly pays price for Tigers' failure
Dockers' coach wouldn't begrudge his opposite number in the Richmond box a rare post-game smile in a year from hell.
Close shave brings lethal best out of Geelong
Saints hard-pressed to match such a combination of strength and skill.
Cats, Saints shaken but not stirred enough to lose
Scares for St Kilda and Geelong won't reveal too much to the chasing pack.
Port pretenders exposed — again
The last three quarters at the SCG might well be three of the most useless terms of football Port Adelaide has ever played.
Collingwood's downhill slide
It was exactly a year ago that Collingwood pulled off one of the most emphatic and talked about victories of recent AFL history.
Tigers of old, and new, silence critics
Had Warren Tredrea not soared twice spectacularly at either end of the ground in the final minute, we'd be talking this morning about a win for the ages.
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