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Irish Times
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Australia player release for tour matches
Every big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a let-down both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in. The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect Australia head coach Joe Schmidt to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions' arrival in Australia. 'The agreement is very clear; it says that Test players have to be released to play in fixtures leading into that series,' Calveley said at the Lions' official welcome overlooking the Swan river. 'That is our expectation. It's really important that these games are competitive. 'It's not just for a performance standpoint – the players do want to test themselves and build towards the Test series – but it's also right for the fans, partners and broadcasters who are all expecting competitive fixtures, and for the rugby-loving public. That would be their expectation as well.' READ MORE The opening game against Western Force should fulfil that criteria with Nic White, Darcy Swain and Nick Champion de Crespigny all potentially available to face the Lions on Saturday. But another couple of Wallaby squad members, Carlo Tizzano and Ben Donaldson, have been retained in camp by Schmidt before Australia's warm-up Test against Fiji next week and it remains unclear how many will represent the Lions' next clutch of opponents. 'We'll see a competitive fixture at the weekend and that's what we're looking for,' Calveley said. 'We want to make sure our guys are battle-hardened when it comes to that Test series against the Wallabies.' Following the Western Force game, the next three fixtures are against the Reds, the Waratahs and the Brumbies, and Lions tour manager, Ieuan Evans, is similarly keen to encounter the strongest possible opposition. 'I think what's clear is that we are an elite sporting touring team and we need to be challenged and tested in our preparations towards the Tests,' Evans said. Discussions, accordingly, will continue with Australian officials, although the requirements of the Australia-Fiji game in Newcastle will clearly complicate the situation. The Lions, meanwhile, insist there are no plans to divert from their traditional tour rota but Calveley did say he was potentially open to the idea of the Lions touring other countries such as France in future. 'You can certainly understand why people would get excited about that sort of concept. We would as well. 'What's not to like about some of those wonderful clubs you could play against and some of those wonderful venues? I think what's encouraging for us is that whatever country you speak to they are interested in having a relationship with the Lions, whether that's in their country or on UK or Irish soil.'
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Wallabies player release for tour matches
Joe Schmidt will be expected to make players such as Nic White (right) available for his club side Western Force to face the Lions. Joe Schmidt will be expected to make players such as Nic White (right) available for his club side Western Force to face the Lions. Photograph: James Gourley/AAP Every big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a letdown both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in. The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect the Wallabies head coach, Joe Schmidt, to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions' arrival in Australia. Advertisement 'The agreement is very clear; it says that Test players have to be released to play in fixtures leading into that series,' Calveley said at the Lions' official welcome overlooking the Swan River. 'That is our expectation. It's really important that these games are competitive. Related: Andy Farrell's Lions land in Australia aiming to revive the spirit of Sydney 'It's not just for a performance standpoint – the players do want to test themselves and build towards the Test series – but it's also right for the fans, partners and broadcasters who are all expecting competitive fixtures, and for the rugby-loving public. That would be their expectation as well.' The opening game against Western Force should fulfil that criteria with Nic White, Darcy Swain and Nick Champion de Crespigny all potentially available to face the Lions on Saturday. But another couple of Wallaby squad members, Carlo Tizzano and Ben Donaldson, have been retained in camp by Schmidt before Australia's warm-up Test against Fiji next week and it remains unclear how many will represent the Lions' next clutch of opponents. Advertisement 'We'll see a competitive fixture at the weekend and that's what we're looking for,' Calveley said. 'We want to make sure our guys are battle-hardened when it comes to that Test series against the Wallabies.' Following the Western Force game, the next three fixtures are against the Reds, the Waratahs and the Brumbies, and Lions tour manager, Ieuan Evans, is similarly keen to encounter the strongest possible opposition. 'I think what's clear is that we are an elite sporting touring team and we need to be challenged and tested in our preparations towards the Tests,' Evans said. Discussions, accordingly, will continue with Australian officials, although the requirements of the Australia-Fiji game in Newcastle will clearly complicate the situation. The Lions, meanwhile, insist there are no plans to divert from their traditional tour rota but Calveley did say he was potentially open to the idea of the Lions touring other countries such as France in future. 'You can certainly understand why people would get excited about that sort of concept. We would as well. 'What's not to like about some of those wonderful clubs you could play against and some of those wonderful venues? I think what's encouraging for us is that whatever country you speak to they are interested in having a relationship with the Lions, whether that's in their country or on UK or Irish soil.'
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Wallabies player release for tour matches
Every big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a letdown both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in. The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect the Wallabies head coach, Joe Schmidt, to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions' arrival in Australia. 'The agreement is very clear; it says that Test players have to be released to play in fixtures leading into that series,' Calveley said at the Lions' official welcome overlooking the Swan River. 'That is our expectation. It's really important that these games are competitive. 'It's not just for a performance standpoint – the players do want to test themselves and build towards the Test series – but it's also right for the fans, partners and broadcasters who are all expecting competitive fixtures, and for the rugby-loving public. That would be their expectation as well.' The opening game against Western Force should fulfil that criteria with Nic White, Darcy Swain and Nick Champion de Crespigny all potentially available to face the Lions on Saturday. But another couple of Wallaby squad members, Carlo Tizzano and Ben Donaldson, have been retained in camp by Schmidt before Australia's warm-up Test against Fiji next week and it remains unclear how many will represent the Lions' next clutch of opponents. 'We'll see a competitive fixture at the weekend and that's what we're looking for,' Calveley said. 'We want to make sure our guys are battle-hardened when it comes to that Test series against the Wallabies.' Following the Western Force game, the next three fixtures are against the Reds, the Waratahs and the Brumbies, and Lions tour manager, Ieuan Evans, is similarly keen to encounter the strongest possible opposition. 'I think what's clear is that we are an elite sporting touring team and we need to be challenged and tested in our preparations towards the Tests,' Evans said. Discussions, accordingly, will continue with Australian officials, although the requirements of the Australia-Fiji game in Newcastle will clearly complicate the situation. The Lions, meanwhile, insist there are no plans to divert from their traditional tour rota but Calveley did say he was potentially open to the idea of the Lions touring other countries such as France in future. 'You can certainly understand why people would get excited about that sort of concept. We would as well. Sign up to The Breakdown The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week's action reviewed after newsletter promotion 'What's not to like about some of those wonderful clubs you could play against and some of those wonderful venues? I think what's encouraging for us is that whatever country you speak to they are interested in having a relationship with the Lions, whether that's in their country or on UK or Irish soil.'
Perth Now
14-06-2025
- General
- Perth Now
Exclusive Perth golf club could be getting new beehives
A local beekeeper is hoping to expand his honey production by using Swanbourne's Cottesloe Golf Club to house up to 20 hives. John Faherty has run Postcode Honey for about 10 years, producing naturally sourced honey from about 50 hives scattered around Perth. Some are in backyards, others on the rooftops of hotels in Perth's CBD. And some already exist in suburban golf courses — a space Mr Faherty hopes to get more into in conjunction with Cottesloe Golf Club in Swanbourne. Your local paper, whenever you want it. 'It's kind of a logical place for beehives to be put in cities, because most councils limit you to having a maximum of two in residential backyards, which is understandable,' he said. Despite golf courses being best known for velvety green turf, the areas of 'rough' between fairways that golfers prefer to avoid are seen as a safe haven for all types of flora and fauna. And by extension, bees and their hives. A local beekeeper is hoping to expand his honey production by using Swanbourne's Cottesloe Golf Club to house up to 20 hives. Credit: Daniel Wilkins / The West Australian 'I've kept hives at Wembley Golf Course for about eight years, and I know quite a few other beekeepers who have kept bees on golf courses in the past,' Mr Faherty said. 'There's normally plenty of access to water, there's normally lots of trees and and they don't create a nuisance.' Between the fairways lies significant vegetation, often featuring native bushland with a diversity of plant species — a perfect setting for bees to live and pollinate, Cottesloe's Golf Course CEO Tracey-Lea Tiley said. Some of the hives kept at Wembley Golf Course. Credit: Supplied Ms Tiley has welcomed Mr Faherty's plan and the potential addition of bees. Bee keeper and producer of North Perth-based Postcode Honey, John Faherty. Credit: Supplied 'We're really all about improving sustainability and biodiversity here ... we have beautiful wildlife here like quenda families and cockatoos. 'So it's really about trying to encourage wildlife to come and settle here at Cott.' A handful of Mr Faherty's hives were first installed at the course last September, with the honey sourced and sold to members as 'Pots of Cott' or used at the on-course restaurant. However, it wasn't long before the bees were moved further inland, where for seasonal reasons they could produce more honey. The City of Nedlands says Mr Faherty's current intention must be assessed by its environment officers and final permission lies with the council, which is scheduled to make a decision later this month. Council staff have recommended approval. 'I'm really hopeful that the city will approve the hives, given we already installed them before without any concerns,' Mr Faherty said.
News.com.au
28-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Counter Cycle: These takeover targets are glaringly obvious (but no one's talking about 'em)
Welcome to Counter Cycle with Nero Resource Fund founder and co-portfolio manager Rusty Delroy, a Cottesloe-based fund manager who has developed a reputation for taking the path less travelled in his investments. Today, Delroy muses on three miners who could fetch a takeover bid in the next 12 months. Mergers and acquisitions have been the name of the game on the ASX of late, with a confluence of coalescing factors coinciding to create new combinations across the resources space. Dealmaking partly comes from inefficiencies in the market. Aspects like access to capital, permitting and investor sentiment can undervalue companies against the fundamental cash generating potential of their key projects. Nero's contrarian portfolio manager Rusty Delroy looks for these inefficiencies, and identifying companies that could be subject to takeovers is one of the fund's key strategies. Big wins for Delroy's firm in recent years have come from the $385m sale of Lithium Power International to Chile's Codelco in 2023, and, in just the past fortnight, international copper juniors Xanadu Mines (ASX:XAM) and New World Resources (ASX:NWC), who have accepted respective $160m and $185m cash bids from overseas players. Add to that MAC Copper's (ASX:MAC) revelation of a $1.6bn cash offer from South Africa's Harmony Gold, snaring the mining giant the 50,000tpa CSA copper mine in Cobar, and it's clear strategics are ascribing value to projects well beyond that attributed by Aussie investors. M&A is often pro-cyclical (a synonym for bad) and the biggest takeover news in recent months has come in the hot, consensus pick, gold space. But bearish sentiment around other commodities means counter-cyclical M&A is on like Donkey Kong as well. While companies in the producing space are making strong cash flows, explorers, developers and single asset producers aren't getting credit for their potential earnings. "I think there's a robust enough forward outlook in the broader demand for commodities. At the same time, there are arguably quite distressed valuations down the curve," Delroy said. "Up the curve, the balance sheets are strong. In gold they're not just strong, they're extreme. "Anytime you've got a situation where up the curve has strong balance sheets and high margins, and down the curve has modest to low valuations, then that will precipitate M&A. And I think that's what we're seeing." The aforementioned deals have, barring any interlopers, come and gone. But Delroy thinks these other stocks are primed for corporate action in the next 12-18 months. Jupiter Mines (ASX:JMS) Jupiter Mines has been on the radar since Exxaro paid ~A$1bn to acquire the majority 50.1% stake in the Tshipi Borwa manganese mine in South Africa through the acquisition of shares held by Ntsimbintle Holdings and OM Holdings (ASX:OMH). At the same time it paid the equivalent of 31.7c a share to take a 19.99% stake in Jupiter, the owner of the other 49.9% of the mine, a regular dividend payer that has the cost base to survive down swings in the manganese cycle. Even with a 43% bump on the day the deal was announced, Jupiter's shares are still trading at just 19c today for a market cap of $363m. "It's so glaringly obvious," Delroy said. "(Exxaro have) just paid the same sort of value for the other part of the joint venture. " In order to operate that asset with full discretion, they need to take control of Jupiter. It's a glaringly obvious fact. "It's such an off-the-radar commodity in an off-the-radar jurisdiction at an off-the-radar company. That to me would be the absolute standout in this market." Delroy says JMS is trading "substantially below what the clear natural owner has indicated they are willing to pay". But even if he is "completely wrong", Delroy noted shareholders get to receive a dividend in the mean time if Exxaro takes its time. St Barbara (ASX:SBM) Don't be surprised if St Barbara sees some corporate interest, Delroy says. The gold company is the ugly, unloved orphan of a deal in 2024 that saw now $5bn capped Genesis Minerals (ASX:GMD) emerge with the prized Gwalia gold mine in WA's Leonora region and $330m-capped SBM walk away with the spoils of past M&A deals gone wrong at Simberi in Papua New Guinea and Atlantic Gold in Canada's Nova Scotia. It's looking to hive off the Canadian stuff into a separate vehicle and become purely focused on PNG, where regulatory squabbles have created noise around its proposed 200,000ozpa Simberi sulphide expansion project. The project would deliver 2.2Moz of gold between FY26 and FY38, with FID expected in Q2 or Q3 2026, pending the outcome of a tax assessment which is under dispute between SBM and the PNG Government. "I think St Barbara is a standout target with a 6 to 12-month view, I really do," Delroy said. "And I know that's a hard one, because it was the ugly stepsister after the Genesis process and it was spat out with such disgust. "But we're in a completely different landscape gold price-wise, there's a clear path there on both assets if you've got any degree of patience over a two or three year view to be meaningfully producing from them. "That is a corporate target and/or they've announced they're looking to spin out their Canadian asset. Does that precipitate and corporate piece? Who knows, it's possible." Delroy says Winsome, which owns the Adina lithium project in Canada's James Bay region, is a leftfield possibility. The battery metal is trading miles into the cost curve, which means prices are way too low to incentivise new production right now. But we've seen plenty of counter-cyclical M&A in the lithium space, notably Pilbara Minerals' (ASX:PLS) scrip takeover of Latin Resources last year and Rio Tinto's (ASX:RIO) $10bn cash splash on Allkem. Winsome's Adina in Quebec hosts 78Mt of spodumene ore at 1.15% Li2O, with a potentially lower cost pathway to production thanks to an option over the mothballed processing plant at the nearby Renard diamond operation. "If you're a lithium company that's got any ability to think outside the cycle you've got to be having a look at something like that and thinking maybe you tuck it away cheaply," Delroy said. "Now I think that's a real leftfield, off-the-radar, place to do some work. Whether or not (it happens), let's see. "Unfortunately, most mining executives are not counter-cyclical, they're pro-cyclical." 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