Rohan Connolly (born 1965) is an Australian journalist specialising in

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

writing for ''

The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...

''. Connolly began his media career writing for ''

The Sun News-Pictorial ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' (known as ''The Sun'') was a morning daily tabloid newspaper published in Melbourne, Victoria, from 1922 until its merger in 1990 with '' The Herald'' to form the '' Herald-Sun''. ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' was p ...

'' in 1983 before moving to ''The Age'' in 1987, where he stayed until 2017. Connolly also appeared on radio station 3AW's

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coverage as a boundary rider and in other on-air roles until the end of 2011, after which he joined

1116 SEN 1116 SEN (call sign 3AK) is an Australian radio station in Victoria, Australia. Owned and operated by Sports Entertainment Group, it broadcasts a sports radio format. It commenced broadcasting on 29 November 1931 as 3AK, the station currently ...

. In 2008, he won the AFL Media Award for the Most Outstanding Feature Writer. Annually between 2002 and 2005 he co-authored with

Jim Main Jim Main (12 March 1943 – 8 August 2022) was an Australian sports journalist and writer. He is known especially for his coverage of Australian rules football, especially his book ''More Than a Century of AFL Grand Finals'' (2001–2005), some ...

the updated version of the reference book ''More Than a Century of AFL Grand Finals''. Connolly runs th
footyology.com.au
website.

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External links

The Age profile
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