Rohan Connolly
Demons don’t just break drought but provide food for finals thought
It’s been a good few years for the breaking of droughts in AFL football. Last year’s premier had waited 37 years for...
Multiple permutations possible in fabulous finale to finals race
If you’d gone away for the weekend and missed round 21 of the AFL season, returned and only glanced at the ladder,...
AFL ‘gets it right’ with eight-week punch verdict
The AFL is having trouble pleasing anyone these days, and there’s sure to be enough people unhappy again with the eight-game suspension...
The ugly Gaff that could cost West Coast a premiership
AFL football was something to be celebrated on Saturday, following an amazing 24 hours in which in no fewer than five games...
A month till September, but this season finals may already be upon us
Quantity isn’t often a great substitute for quality, but in the case of an AFL season many would concede has at times...
The simple solution to the AFL’s big problem that everyone has missed
I’m really torn about this whole debate on rule changes. After Tuesday’s news that one of the likely recommendations of the AFL’s...
The moment that really might have mattered to Melbourne’s finals hopes
There’s a commonly-held view in the football media these days that once a match has been witnessed live it needs little further...
Loss of ‘Nic Nat’ needn’t mean the death knell for Eagles’ flag hopes
It would be easy to describe West Coast’s 35-point win over Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday as the ultimate Pyrrhic victory....
Only 10 left in finals running as Crows, Bombers fall behind the pack
If the AFL home and away season were to be viewed as a marathon, we’ve now covered about 28 of the 42...
Scoreboards start ticking over as premier sets the pace
It was a weekend that saw some significant results, and when it was all done, some significant movement on the AFL ladder. Top...