Connolly began his media career writing for The Sun News-Pictorial in 1983 before moving to The Age in 1987, where he stayed until 2017.
Connolly also appeared on radio station 3AW's AFL coverage as a boundary rider and in other on-air roles until the end of 2011, after which he joined 1116 SEN.
In 2008, he won the AFL Media Award for the Most Outstanding Feature Writer.
[1] Annually between 2002 and 2005 he co-authored with Jim Main the updated version of the reference book More Than a Century of AFL Grand Finals.
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