Peter FitzSimons

Peter FitzSimons is a Herald journalist, columnist and author, based in Sydney. He is also a former Wallabies player.

The hirings of the last fortnight or so have confirmed that very few of the Channel Nine commentators will make it over to the new broadcasters.

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Israel Folau. I wish he’d shut up. But he won’t, and I can’t either.

Wherever I go, whatever I do, no matter how many books I sell, I can't compete with the works of Australia's greatest non-fiction writer.

So, where to, from here, for the Tahs? The answer is, precisely where they are going.

Most disturbing however, is that the world of elite sport is littered with such tragic stories.

British Chancellor of the Exchequer: I’m not prepared to look back doing this job and say to my children’s generation: ‘I’m sorry.'

France's World War I prime minister Georges Clemenceau understood the Australian soldiers' willingness to fight for the cause of freedom.

Rugby League does a very good line in spats – few more interesting than the recent one between NRL CEO Todd Greenberg and journalist Buzz Rothfield.

Like the Spartans outnumbered by more than 20 to one by the Persians at Thermopylae, sort of, our Boomers can take gold at the next Olympics.

I know the idea of a posthumous promotion is a bit odd. But it is a lot less odd than having conferred the rank on Prince Philip.

Vale big Darrell, there will never be another sporting commentator quite like you.