Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is a journalist and columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald.
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
‘We get it, like we never did before’: Matildas spirit not dented by defeat
Australia were bowed, but definitely not broken, on a night when the world game stunned Australia once again.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Five Minutes with Fitz
The draft-dodging ‘coward’ brave enough to collar a would-be killer
In his 20s, now-retired NSW judge Wayne Haylen was called a coward for burning his Vietnam conscription card, but a conspicuous act of bravery silenced his critics.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Why the Matildas winning the whole damn thing would trump America’s Cup
I don’t remember a time when a sporting team has so perfectly captured the zeitgeist that it is not only empowered by it but doing a lot of empowering along the way
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
Cattledog! Bradbury and Diamonds: Lessons for the Matildas against France
The Matildas are proving to be the perfect national team - but there are a few tricks they can learn from other Australian sports.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
The last plane back to Sydney had almost gone and this Vietnam vet was on it
Don Barnby left school a year early to prepare to go to the Vietnam War. The SAS veteran’s memories can be challenging, but he recalls those days with pride.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
Move over Socceroos: Matildas’ mighty deeds are a real game-changer
For my money, and I suspect yours, the Matildas’ demolition of Canada leapfrogs them in the nation’s consciousness well over and above the Socceroos.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Matildas
In a week of seismic sport, the Matildas made the earth move the most
The Ashes, Buddy Franklin and Australia’s swimmers captured the headlines this week, but none could match the significance of a sublime Matildas performance.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
The current Ashes score is Merv Hughes 1 – Piers Morgan 0
Morgan has just referred to this “Australian team of cheating convicts”, so I called on “Australia’s greatest pest” to steam in on from the Randwick end, one more time for the country.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
The Fitz Files
‘Unbelievable’ coach journey: The Matildas outcast who became thriller of Manila
It’s been four years since Alen Stajcic controversially lost his job as Matildas coach. He was making headlines for all the right reasons this week at the Women’s World Cup.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Bledisloe Cup
We’ve got Entertaining Eddie, so where’s his winning personality?
In his second spell as Wallabies coach, Eddie Jones has delivered almost everything we signed up for – except the results.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me
Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.
- by Peter FitzSimons