👤 Peter FitzSimons

2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

History was there for the taking… until Wallabies bombed under a high-ball blitz

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2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

Wow. Just wow. Reduced to 11 men, the Wallabies pulled off a victory of pure grit and resilience

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2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

Despite heartbreaking result, Knights remain the people’s choice

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2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Former NSW and federal MP Bruce Baird given ‘one last upgrade’ in grand Sydney farewell

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2026-10-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Why song and dance over the national anthem is a red flag for me

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2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

At Olympic Stadium, Wallabies needed spirit of Cathy Freeman. They got Eric the Eel

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2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 I wouldn’t say his time is ever up, but he is now substantially outnumbered by women working in professions. assertive

2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 This, friends, was a Test match for the ages, one for the Wallabies to put in a bottle and place on the very top shelf - one for us all to take down when the days grow cold and we grow old, to take out the cork and say: this, this was how good Australian rugby could be at its very best! assertive

2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Powell was a Republican who many thought might be the first black president. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 We knew what would happen in this grand final – and it didn’t. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 What could be a more fitting farewell for one who had lived such an eclectic, exotic, diverse and quintessentially Australian life than this? assertive

2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Let that be a lesson to world rugby,” I would exult, with echoes of Vitas Gerulaitis, “NO-ONE beats the Wallabies at the one ground 41 years in a row! Or maybe ... “Anyone can have a bad four decades, but that’s where the Wallabies really draw the line. assertive

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 It was Bruce Baird who had been one of the loudest voices within Liberal ranks insisting that it wasn’t right, and if released, many could actually go on to be great assets to Australia. assertive

2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 After being flustered, dusted and busted at Eden Park last week, would the Wallabies be stronger on the sacred turf at the Olympic Stadium this bright Saturday afternoon? assertive

2026-10-30 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Look, when they do finally manage to hold an actual storm in a teacup, and we get to send an entry, the current kerfuffle over some of the Jillaroos not singing the Australian national anthem – while also being draped in the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander flag – will be our best chance for gold. assertive