AFL grand final: Height is back in fashion in battle between Collingwood and West Coast

AFL finals: GWS' season review needs to rediscover their attacking flair

The quick, outside running game that defined the Giants in 2016 has evaporated.

AFL finals: Sydney, Geelong, Hawthorn and the changing finals landscape

No premiership window stays open forever.

Connolly: Can anyone ‘do a Bulldogs’ in 2018?

Now in its third year, the merits or otherwise of the pre-finals bye remain hotly contested.

Hawthorn's lowest point now a distant memory as premiership tilt looms

A series of younger faces have come into the mix and done their job. And the trickle down effect continues.

Ross Lyon's coaching legacy starting to take a hit as Fremantle Dockers falter

Whichever way you slice or dice it, the excuses for Fremantle are running out.

AFL premiership odds don't tell full story of Geelong and Melbourne's credentials

Are the Cats really 35-odd per cent less chance of winning a flag than a team they have already beaten twice?

Richmond are a long shot of pulling a reverse Bradbury

The Tigers continue to get the job done, even when not at their best. Their would-be challengers, meanwhile, are, literally, dropping like flies.

Sydney Swans' fast realising the double-edged sword of AFL consistency

The top 10 in Sydney’s best and fairest count of last season is instructive.

Connolly: AFL teams may not be as good - but competition is harder

Just two wins separate nine teams occupying positions between fourth and 12th on the ladder.

Connolly: Blue skies ahead for surging Brisbane Lions

They’re not going to finish last this time, and even in defeat have been consistently competitive

So it's Richmond versus whom on AFL grand final day in 2018?

Who actually is the team best-placed to give Richmond a run for its money for the AFL premiership in 2018?

Richmond Tigers are the only dependable premiership contenders left

They've withstood all the challenges.

Will Port Adelaide's Showdown win be the turning point of their season?

The Power are fifth on the ladder, behind fourth-placed Collingwood only on percentage.

Connolly: Carlton Blues would be bonkers to get rid of Brendon Bolton

Would a tweak here or there, a different game plan or different coach, even Alastair Clarkson, be achieving that much more right now with the same group?

Rohan Connolly: Finally, Collingwood finds the formula to go forward

Eight wins from the past 10 games have to lend some sort of credibility

Hunger, not skill, biggest difference between 2016 Western Bulldogs and now

Even in a premiership year, the Bulldogs were a side which needed all parts and all players functioning to their optimum

How did so many AFL experts overestimate the Giants and Suns?

Both look far less like super teams and far more like just another among a pack of clubs battling

Rohan Connolly: Melbourne Demons can silence sceptics with win over Adelaide Crows

Are Melbourne the real deal? Or is the jury still out?

Connolly: The 2018 AFL season is too close for clubs not to take advantage of home ground knowledge

It seems everyone feels at home at the Sydney Swans’ digs these days

Connolly: Essendon's midfield woes at the heart of its disappointing season

Essendon’s biggest weakness last year was the failure of its midfield to win enough contested ball and clearances, and its unwillingness to work hard enough defensively.

North Melbourne, not for the first time, proves it's not the basket case of the AFL world

North Melbourne is a club which just gets on with the job, whether or not it’s flavour of the month in the football world.

Injury management and luck almost as much to do with Richmond’s success as skill

It’s been more than 20 years since we got to the end of four rounds of a new AFL season without a single unbeaten side.

Score review system still yet to prove its worth in AFL

The introduction of video technology into sports adjudication has been a vexed issue for quite a while now.

Are Collingwood any closer to a win after an improved showing against GWS?

Collingwood need to win soon otherwise 'all hell could break loose' according to Rohan Connolly.

The non-Victorian complaint that has become Essendon's kryptonite

If they can't get this right, it's going to be a long season ahead.

Collingwood's 2018 problems are more of the same for frustrated Pies fans

Collingwood still lacks class beyond the big names patrolling the centre square.

AFL 2018: New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is

It’s not like there hadn’t been earlier warnings about what to expect when you mess with tradition

AFL prediction: No slow start but Sydney to miss top four

After a couple of near-misses, can the Swans get to the top of the mountain?

AFL prediction: Star trio won't be able to prevent Geelong slide

Will Dangerfield, Selwood and Ablett be able to overcome the Cats' shortcomings?

AFL pre-season: Who were the winners and losers of the JLT?

Historically, the pre-season competition has proved a more reliable form guide than many acknowledge.

AFL predictions: The competition is better than ever - but is the game?

Any team these days is a chance of at least a finals spot with a little luck and a decent run with injuries

AFL predictions: Rebuilding Fremantle Dockers set to slide

Will the rebuilding Dockers slide down the ladder?

AFL predictions: Can Gold Coast Suns avoid another wooden spoon?

Can Stuart Dew turn around the Suns' fortunes in his first year at the helm?

Connolly: Blues are building to something of real substance

It’s been a pretty miserable couple of decades for the Carlton Football Club since the Blues won a record 16th premiership back in 1995.

AFL Draft: Number one pick no longer saddled with unreasonable expectations

The juxtaposition of the more realistic view of this year’s draft crop with what Jack Watts had to endure is impossible to ignore.

Connolly: Can we please call off the cultural code wars?

The success of one code in this country doesn’t have to be at the expense of another.

Connolly: Player merry-go-round must give Port fans premiership hope

Football has seen the odd squad of imports dubbed a “foreign legion” before, but seldom on the scale of Port’s latest recruiting spree.

Rare insight depicts the unbelievable story behind Richmond's rare premiership

''Far from just a souvenir for still-delirious Richmond supporters''

Connolly: Selling AFL hope easier than usual this summer

The AFL off-season is made a little more bearable if you’re sustained by the presence of one all-important quality: hope.

'Go home' factor may have positive effect on AFL lists

Whatever the potential explanations for its cause, there’s not much doubt the “go home” factor right now is looming larger over AFL than it has ever before.

Connolly: Jake Lever treatment is nothing short of workplace bullying

When players attempt to change their jobs, they’re subjected to what in an office environment would be considered nothing short of workplace bullying.

Connolly: How many Richmond fans from 1982 survived the drought?

There’s a heap of great stories to be told when a club which has been in the premiership wilderness breaks a long drought. And so there was last Saturday.

Ground and crowd no excuses for Crows’ crumble

The Adelaide conspiracy theories have come in thick and fast.

AFL grand final preview: Stopping Sloane doesn't stop the Crows

Adelaide was the only team this season to average more than 100 points per game, the next best team nearly two goals behind. Richmond ranked only eighth.

Crows have a pretty good story to tell, too

You mean there's two teams playing this weekend?

Somehow, injury has improved Geelong and GWS

Both were to some extent forced into makeovers through injury and looked more balanced and potent as a result.

Connolly: Solutions to ill-timed shockers not simple for Swans

It’s a tricky one for coach John Longmire and his football department when they conduct their reviews over the next few weeks.

Connolly: A Giant disappointment lurks under bumper finals series

Come the lead-up to this season, barely a tipster in the land didn’t have GWS, if not winning the 2017 premiership, at least playing off for it.

Hey interstaters, take it from a Vic. We don’t care if you win

Rohan Connolly says Victorian's couldn't care less if an interstate team wins the AFL premiership.

Rohan Connolly's finals week one preview

Rohan Connolly previews, and gives his tips for the first week of finals.

Connolly: AFL tinkering flags questions that needn't have been asked

The AFL is walking a very fine line with the pre-finals bye, writes Rohan Connolly.

RoCo’s Wrap: A case to reconsider the Cats and Tigers

Expect the unexpected. It’s been the story of 2017. Why not for another month?

Connolly: Pride played big part in Pies' Buckley reappointment

Buckley has now officially reappointed for his seventh and eighth years in the job.

RoCo's Wrap: Boilover? Who knows in this bizarre season

This crazy AFL season will take its final turn in round 23, with 11 teams still in the finals hunt.

Connolly: The Bulldogs simply aren't hungry enough

It’s hard to think of any of the most important parts of the Bulldog machine who are playing even as well as, let alone better, than last year.

RoCo's Preview with Punch: Are we seeing this year's grand finalists?

Rohan Connolly returns to preview a massively important round of AFL action.

RoCo's Wrap: Theres only three sides that can win the flag

It’s the tightest season in AFL history, and with two rounds remaining there’s spots in both the top four and the top eight still up for grabs. So the flag is anyone’s, right? Well, maybe not.

Connolly: Token finals spot a waste for Essendon?

Why aren’t the Bomber army more excited? Perhaps because increasingly, it looks like 2017 might have been an opportunity wasted.

Connolly's preview with punch: Are the Tigers the real deal?

Rohan Connolly is back to provide this weekend's AFL round preview.

RoCo's Wrap: Selwood surgery can spell only danger for Geelong

Selwood heading for surgery is not good news for the Cats, according to Rohan Connolly

Connolly: Time for Jobe to call it a day

The Bombers are dealing with what has become a large elephant in the room. Jobe Watson.