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Glen Innes Hereford Bull Show and Sale celebrates 80 years
Roger Kneipp spent his first bull sale at the Glen Innes Saleyards in northern New South Wales in a pram, and now, aged 80, he hasn't missed a single one. The Glen Innes Hereford Bull Show and Sale is Australia's longest-running multi-vendor sale, which celebrated its 80th year at the event last week. Mr Kneipp was just three months old when his parents took him to his first sale and as he grew up, it became a tradition. "I was homeschooled. Mum and Dad would go to the sale, so I got to go to every sale," Mr Kneipp reflected. That young boy quickly grew to love Hereford cattle. "I've stuck with them and they've been good to us, and they are a good breed of cattle," he said. Mr Kneipp has a well-established stud, Dundee Echo Park Herefords, located just outside Glen Innes. Hereford breeders say their product has been overshadowed by the likes of Wagyu and Angus, which are favoured for the marbling that makes the meat extra tender. This has seen the number of Hereford cattle decline in recent decades. Looking through some old newspapers, Mr Kneipp remembered the days when his favourite breed was everywhere. "There's a lot less Hereford cattle [now] than going back to the years I remember," he said. The largest yarding catalogued was 797 bulls in 1985, a site Mr Kneipp can still remember vividly. "It was a four-day event ... two days for the horned Herefords and two days for the polled Herefords," he said. Mr Kneipp sees the future of Herefords in crossbreeding with other lines of cattle. "A lot of the bulls do get sold for crossbreeding ... they are doing well in other breeds," he said. Jane Leake is the custodian of the oldest poll Hereford stud in the country, known as Bahreenah Poll Herefords. Like Mr Kneipp, she has a long history with the Glen Innes Hereford Bull Sale. "Doing the research for this year's 80th ... I discovered that we actually sold a bull up here in 1953, which was probably the first or second sale I think my father brought bulls too," Ms Leake said. Ms Leake said some characteristics of the breed had remained the same over the decades, however, the animals bred today were much larger in mass. "I was around when we had the belt-buckle bulls ... they were much shorter, and frame score-wise we could probably see chest and up over all the bulls," Ms Leake said. "Whereas now, I've got a bull at home that I can't even see over." Eighty years on and Mr Kneipp is still winning prizes for his heifers. He won the junior heifer show and the top female price of the sale at $6,000. The two-day event also delivered a pleasing result for Inverell breeder David Hann from Courallie Herefords. He won a range of classes, including junior, senior grand champion and grand champion, as well as the top two prices in the sale. It was the two-year-old 940-kilogram senior champion bull Courallie Ultron that fetched the top price of $14,000. "He's been a pick ever since he was born. He's out of a very good cow which we'll probably flush later on in the year," Mr Hann said. But his junior champion bull Courallie Ultimo was judged grand champion bull over Ultron. Mr Hann's four bulls averaged $9,500, compared to the sale average for bulls of $7,200.
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Wallabies express pride after avoiding Lions series whitewash with third-Test win
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt believes his squad is making progress after claiming a consolation victory in the third Test against the British and Irish Lions. The Lions had already wrapped up the series before Saturday night's final Test in Sydney, but the Wallabies avoided a whitewash with a 22-12 triumph in wet and wild conditions. Driving rain created difficult playing conditions, while the two teams were forced from the field for 40 minutes early in the second half due to lightning in the area surrounding Stadium Australia. After losing the first Test 27-19 in Brisbane and being pipped by the Lions 29-26 at the MCG last weekend, the Wallabies received a morale boost courtesy of their win in the series finale. Schmidt said he saw improvement from the Wallabies as the series played out. "I felt we grew through the series," he told reporters after the match. "We lost the first half of the series [opener] poorly and we won the second half. "We played well in the first half of the second Test. We didn't succeed eventually in that Test, but I felt we deserved to win both halves today." The dramatic nature of the Wallabies' defeat in the second Test in Melbourne made Saturday's result even more rewarding for Schmidt and his players. Schmidt had been critical of the refereeing decision not to award the Wallabies a penalty in the final minute of play when Lions back-rower Jac Morgan cleaned out Carlo Tizzano at a ruck. On the following phase, the Lions scored the match-winning try through Hugo Keenan. "I couldn't be … prouder of the way the players rebounded after last week," Schmidt said. "After the feeling of disappointment that they had, and it was deep, you almost had to let that run its course." Schmidt revealed injured tighthead prop Allan Alaalatoa had given a passionate address to the squad ahead of the third Test. Alaalatoa sustained a shoulder injury in the second Test, ruling him out of the Sydney leg of the series. Schmidt said Alaalatoa had lifted the mood of his teammates. "I think it was a little bit of the inspiration the players needed," he said. "We were flat early in the week and we got a little bit of an upswing, but I really think Allan helped." Wallabies captain Harry Wilson said Alaalatoa's message resonated with those who took the field against the Lions. "The thing with Allan is what he says, he delivers," Wilson said. "He has spoken to us quite a bit about being willing to put your body on the line for the team and do whatever it takes to win. "He's probably the most integral part of our squad. He's a leader in every facet of it, so when he came and spoke to us the day before the game about what we needed to be doing for each other to win a game, it really did hit home. " The Lions had been bullish about their ambitions in Australia throughout the tour, publicly stating they were chasing a 3-0 series win. Their cause in Sydney was not helped when captain Maro Itoje and winger Tommy Freeman failed their respective HIA, while lock James Ryan was knocked out in the second half. While disappointed, Lions coach Andy Farrell offered no excuses for his team's loss in the third Test. "There's obviously going to be frustration because we've said all along we wanted to win every game and rightly so," Farrell said. "But the best team won on the night today." The weather delay in the second half caused disruption to both teams, but the Wallabies — who led 8-0 at the time — controlled proceedings once play resumed. They established a 15-0 advantage through an opportunist try scored by Max Jorgensen, which was converted by Ben Donaldson, and it proved too big a gap on the scoreboard for the Lions to make up. Schmidt said the Wallabies benefited from having a contingency plan in place, knowing play could be halted due to lightning. "We had been warned that there might be lightning," he said. "So we had a little bit of a plan and with that plan we wanted to make sure players kept moving." The Wallabies will now turn their attention to the Rugby Championship, kicking off with back-to-back matches against two-time defending World Cup winners South Africa. They play the Springboks in Johannesburg on August 17, before the two teams face off again a week later in Cape Town.
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What time does the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix start? How can I watch it?
Oscar Piastri is chasing a seventh grand prix win in 2025, and a second consecutive Hungarian Grand Prix triumph. The Australian will start tonight from second on the grid after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc nabbed pole position on the final lap of Q3. Piastri's teammate Lando Norris is in third, George Russell put his Mercedes fourth, while Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll were fifth and sixth respectively. Piastri holds a 16-point lead over Norris heading into Sunday night's race. Here is what you need to know about the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix will be held on Sunday, August 3. Here is when the race will begin in each of Australia's states and territories. Fox Sports and its streaming platform Kayo will be broadcasting the Hungarian Grand Prix. Those watching on Foxtel can watch the race on Fox Sports, channel 506. You can also follow all the action with the ABC Sport live blog, from pre-race drama to the post-race synopsis. The Hungaroring is a track that rewards the very best drivers because it is a tricky and technical circuit. Much like Monaco, qualifying is very important around the Hungaroring as overtaking opportunities are scarce. The two best opportunities for a driver to overtake are at turns 1 and 2, both at the end of DRS zones. After the second turn, the track is very technical and requires a driver to be inch-perfect at every corner. The sequence of corners that come in rapid succession leads to teams often electing for high-downforce packages on their cars.
