As a schoolboy, he was a gun and continued through to Super Rugby with the Waratahs (winning the trophy in 2015) and the Wallabies. The 2019 World Cup was not his greatest showing, throwing an intercept pass against England in the quarter-final in Oita.
When he signed with the Western Force, I thought that was for a retirement package. Eddie Jones didn’t pick him for RWC 2023 in France, so the writing was on the wall. When he turned out for the Force against the Reds at Ballymore, he definitely had a spring in his step. Once on the field in the second half, he orchestrated the greatest comeback of recent times, leading them to a one-point victory.
Les Kiss is a shrewd operator and has called him into the Wallabies squad for the November tests to complete the Nations Championship. Born on 6 January 1989, can this be the Lazarus moment for Beale at almost 37?
