Beale feared Wallabies career was over

Kurtley Beale says he has endured some dark days, but wants to prove himself to the Australian public, after fearing his wayward behaviour might have ended his Wallabies career.

After going through what he described as a tough couple of weeks, Beale on Thursday received a call-up to join the Wallabies for the last three matches of their northern hemisphere tour.

The 47-Test back was originally left out of the touring party, which left for Europe on the day he was fined $45,000 for breaching the Australian Rugby Union code of conduct with an offensive text message.

He was subsequently fined another $3000 after being found guilty of breaching team protocols for a verbal altercation with members of the Wallaby management team on a flight on September 28.

Beale 25, admitted he feared his Wallaby career might have been over following the latest additions to a lengthy off-field rap sheet of indiscretions.

“There was some dark days and obviously that did cross my mind,” Beale said at Sydney Airport on Saturday ahead of joining the Wallabies who play France on Sunday morning (AEDT).

“But I think throughout the whole process, there’s been a lot of belief and faith shown in me and that’s definitely helped me go through it all and I’m very thankful for that.”

He said there was an element of redemption about his belated call-up to the squad.

“If you get the opportunity, obviously you always want to go out there and prove not only to everyone out there, but yourself, you can bounce back from what I’ve been through,” Beale said.

“Definitely, I feel like I have to show the Australian public what I can do out there and, if I can, show that through some good performances and, hopefully, I can repay that faith.”

While he hasn’t played for seven weeks, Beale said he had been training hard with the NSW Waratahs for the past three weeks and was confident he would be match-fit if called on for next week’s Test against Ireland in Dublin.

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