Troubled Beale set for Wallabies recall
Troubled Wallabies star Kurtley Beale is set for some good news with his likely recall to the Test line-up to face Wales in Sydney.
Beale is tipped to go straight back into the starting side at fullback, with Adam Ashley-Cooper moving to the wing to replace Cooper Vuna.
The Melbourne Rebels utility, currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, has been charged with assault following an alleged altercation at a Brisbane hotel last week.
The ARU said Beale was still available for selection with their own disciplinary process on hold until the court matter was resolved.
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said Beale still had to prove his fitness but his prodigious talent couldn’t be ignored ahead of the Allianz Stadium clash on Saturday afternoon.
“He started some contact work at the end of last week and that will be escalated early this week and if he gets through that graduation, he’ll be good to go,” Deans said on Sunday.
“Kurtley’s a class player so if he’s fit and ready to go, clearly he’ll have a jersey on, we’ll just have to make the decision whether it’s a starting role or off the bench.”
Despite a 25-23 victory over Wales, Deans said the Wallabies needed to improve their skill under the high ball, which Beale offered the side.
Rookie winger Vuna is likely to miss the final Test of the series after he was cited for a dangerous tackle on Welsh fullback Leigh Halfpenny in the second half at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium, for which he received a yellow card.
Vuna was suspended for two weeks in April for a tackle while playing for the Melbourne Rebels.
He will appear at a judicial hearing in Sydney on Monday.
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June 17th 2012 @ 2:19pm
Skills & Techniques said | June 17th 2012 @ 2:19pm | Report comment
Can you journo’s stop describing KB as “troubled”? It’s lame and patronising. He’s a talented, well-mannered, young, indigenous gentleman. He’s got enough to deal with without having flimsy insults attached to his reputation. The latest furore is because he stuck up for a mate in the pub. That would make us all troubled right?
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June 17th 2012 @ 5:47pm
murph said | June 17th 2012 @ 5:47pm | Report comment
Why mention the fact that he’s indigenous?
June 17th 2012 @ 5:48pm
murph said | June 17th 2012 @ 5:48pm | Report comment
I would suggest that having two assault charges laid in a matter of a few years does indicate some level of trouble, yes
June 17th 2012 @ 6:43pm
Actonmax said | June 17th 2012 @ 6:43pm | Report comment
Talented , well-mannered, young , indigenous gentlemen do not get charged with assault!!! Try arrogant young brat!! Just like his mates cooper and o’connor!
June 17th 2012 @ 8:30pm
wallaby fan said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:30pm | Report comment
I think you should leave the slanderous comments about O’connor out.
There is a big difference between Coopers theft, Beales assault charges and O’connor sleeping in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 17th 2012 @ 8:39pm
Actonmax said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:39pm | Report comment
O’Connor is not a young arrogant brat??? He is actually worse, believing his own brand!
If you have pride in the wallaby jersey, in your country, you do not sleep in! That incident says a lot about the kids arrogance , and it was not a simple case of sleeping in, that is the PR spin.
June 17th 2012 @ 10:20pm
wallaby fan said | June 17th 2012 @ 10:20pm | Report comment
We are talking about the difference between breaking the law and not, you goose.
June 17th 2012 @ 11:29pm
murph said | June 17th 2012 @ 11:29pm | Report comment
You got a man crush going in there, wallaby fan?
June 17th 2012 @ 6:57pm
Mick said | June 17th 2012 @ 6:57pm | Report comment
I think once he stops getting in trouble is probably a good time to stop calling him “troubled”, until then, it fits. He’ll graduate to “former bad boy” (like Paul Gallen) if he can keep his head down and just play good footy for a few years. The media and public forgetful/forgiving, but not that quickly.
June 17th 2012 @ 5:52pm
Behold said | June 17th 2012 @ 5:52pm | Report comment
I am not sure why he has been cleared to play when if he hadn’t been charged for assault the ARUs investigation would still be ongoing and he wouldn’t be playing.
June 17th 2012 @ 6:45pm
Actonmax said | June 17th 2012 @ 6:45pm | Report comment
Absolute disgrace if he allowed to play. Pathetic ARU! Great message to send out to the youth! You can get charged by the police and you still okay to play rugby…. Pathetic pathetic!
June 17th 2012 @ 7:03pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:03pm | Report comment
Put Morahan in and also Harris. We need to build specialists and unless Beale is going to be our 10 there is no place for him. Harsh. True.
June 17th 2012 @ 7:05pm
Blue Blood said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:05pm | Report comment
I don’t want Beale or Cooper representing Australia in the near future. I hold the Wallaby jersey higher than that. I would rather lose a game with worthy players than win with a team featuring illdisciplined troubled 20 something’s who have had multiple chances and still prove they don’t give a toss. There are many hard working Super players who have worked hard for Wallaby honours. Especially when the next Wales game is for pride only. A bit ironic that the ARU and Deans would allow Beale to play in a game of pride isn’t it? Distasteful. the drinking session alone when injured should have got them sanctioned. Being formally charged by police should instantly have them going into damage control not lifting the rug a little higher for a few more weeks.
June 17th 2012 @ 7:11pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:11pm | Report comment
Agreed on both accounts and I am RED
June 20th 2012 @ 9:11am
Wilson said | June 20th 2012 @ 9:11am | Report comment
Completely agree.
June 17th 2012 @ 7:34pm
Sandy said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:34pm | Report comment
Right, so everyone that gets “charged by the police” should lose their job?
June 17th 2012 @ 7:47pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:47pm | Report comment
Nah just when you represent your country when you get two violent related charges in many years it’s over. Unless he is going to be our 10 I can’t see how he can be be given any remaining latitude. Too many good players around we are and have already wasted for these CLOWNS
June 17th 2012 @ 7:51pm
Jutsie said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:51pm | Report comment
Well he was acquitted of the first charge and the 2nd one has just been laid, why don’t we let the cops and the court rule whether he is guilty or not.
June 17th 2012 @ 7:48pm
Jutsie said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:48pm | Report comment
Yep it seems the “innocent till proven guilty” rule doesn’t apply for sports stars (or politicians).
June 17th 2012 @ 7:53pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:53pm | Report comment
Craig Thompson had an imposter of course. And Pinocchio just had a big nose. Give me a break you bleeding hearts!
June 17th 2012 @ 7:56pm
Aware said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:56pm | Report comment
Well, half the English national soccer team have been charged with assault, domestic violence or something similar, so what do you have to say about them?
June 17th 2012 @ 8:02pm
Ben S said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:02pm | Report comment
Pretty sure that isn’t the case.
June 17th 2012 @ 8:08pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:08pm | Report comment
Yes but it is likely!
June 17th 2012 @ 8:17pm
Aware said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:17pm | Report comment
Well, maybe not half, but the last time they lined up for a team photo there were all these people looking through a one-way glass wall at them (he he he).
June 17th 2012 @ 8:21pm
Ben S said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:21pm | Report comment
Very good, very good.
June 17th 2012 @ 8:03pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:03pm | Report comment
I’d say the other half are waiting investigation!
June 17th 2012 @ 8:32pm
Actonmax said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:32pm | Report comment
Swing and a miss! Your confusing legal matter vrs individuals who are *****. The English players do not get charged for arrogance, cheating and lack of skill! In relation to being charged for legal matter the English are clean. The premiership teams are to smart to let these tools go out by themselves without some supervision.
June 17th 2012 @ 8:36pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:36pm | Report comment
You are incoherent
June 17th 2012 @ 8:03pm
Jutsie said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:03pm | Report comment
Who’s the bleeding heart? the person who wants the best players on the park so his team wins and doesn’t care what goes on in their personal lives or the bloke that thinks sports stars have to be beacons of our society?
June 17th 2012 @ 8:08pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:08pm | Report comment
No those that have already sacrificed talented players before the altar of personality for too long now in Australian Rugby. Take a contemporary example right now, Stirling Mortlock, he would be hard pressed to break through such ridiculous hype and make 13 in today’s wallabies it’s such a farce with the likes of Beale and cooper. We need to move on.
June 17th 2012 @ 8:23pm
Actonmax said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:23pm | Report comment
Over dramatise much?? His job is to play rugby, as a wallaby his duty is also to be a role model, right now he has crossed that line. We are not asking him to be Sacked, but to be given the message that he is clear to play ……. What does that say to all the kids out there playing rugby?? As long as your good enough, you are above the law??? Sorry that is BS! Basically he needs a suspension, that will also send a clear message to the other brats in the wallaby squad!
June 17th 2012 @ 8:32pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 8:32pm | Report comment
Agreed. But for me he would soon be dropped on form. He is now being overtaken and for good reason.
June 17th 2012 @ 7:35pm
Aware said | June 17th 2012 @ 7:35pm | Report comment
I think it’s the shorts the Wallabies are wearing now, with those funny yellow fringes. They’re enough to make you strange in the mind.
June 17th 2012 @ 9:46pm
Sprigs said | June 17th 2012 @ 9:46pm | Report comment
When an older man express a strong urge to punish young, talented men, then it’s time for us to ignore the older bloke, and it’s time for that old bloke to do some soul searching about inner motives.
June 17th 2012 @ 9:54pm
Xman said | June 17th 2012 @ 9:54pm | Report comment
Absolutely let’s bring on the young talent we have wasted so much on the likes of Beale an Cooper
June 18th 2012 @ 10:07am
jameswm said | June 18th 2012 @ 10:07am | Report comment
The ARU have their processes and there is the presumption of innocence. They’ve dealt with this before. If their rules say that when someone is charged with an offence like that then they presume innocence and let the police follow it through, then he plays until otherwise. Just like someone in any other job.
Kurtley got drunk, got a bit boisterous/violent like some people do when drunk, and was involved in a scuffle with a bouncer. The bouncer was sober, so who will have a better story of what happened? Maybe the bouncer was a deliberate tosser to him, but you’ve got to be better than that boys.
He shouldn’t have been out drinking in that state. I can’t believe Cooper wasn’t a better chaperone and didn’t look after him better.
June 18th 2012 @ 11:11pm
sportym said | June 18th 2012 @ 11:11pm | Report comment
Cooper was probably involved and swinging away etc, but lets face it, we all know cooper…… the bouncer would not have noticed him! Just like Cooper in Defence, hiding or usless
June 19th 2012 @ 1:13am
Crazy Horse said | June 19th 2012 @ 1:13am | Report comment
Cooper Vuna should be replaced by Nick Cummins.