Gerard Beale

Gerard Beale
Personal information
Born 18 July 1990 (1990-07-18) (age 21)
Brisbane, Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009– Brisbane 38 12 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 New Zealand 4 2 0 0 8
As of 16 October 2011
Source: Rugby League Project

Gerard Beale (born 18 July 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer currently playing for Brisbane Broncos in the Telstra Premiership. He is a utility back by preference; in that he can play at full-back, wing or centre.

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Playing career

Beale signed professionally for the Brisbane Broncos from Logan Brothers.[1][2] Beale made his first grade debut in a 22-20 loss to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2009 NRL season, where he came in to the side at full-back as a last minute replacement for Karmichael Hunt.[3] He had previously been playing for the Broncos' Toyota Cup side.[1] In October 2011 Beale was named in the New Zealand Kiwis Squad to play in the Four Nations Tournament in London. Beale made his debut against Australia in Newcastle on 28th October 2011 playing as centre. He played all games in the tournament scoring two tries against Wales.

Representative career

Beale played for the Junior Kangaroos in 2010.[4]

He is a relative of All Black great Zinzan Brooke and was named in New Zealand 19-man squad for the 2011 ANZAC Test.[4] Beale however did not play in the match.

Beale was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Team again in October 2011 to travel to the UK for the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations series. Beale played all games in the series.

Brisbane Broncos

Season Matches Tries Goals F/G Points
2009 1 - - - -
2010 10 2 - - 8
2011* 27 9 - - 28
Total 38 11 - - 44

(* denotes season still competing.)

References

  1. ^ a b "rleague.com Profile". rleague.com. 2009-12-05. http://www.rleague.com/db/player/b/beale_gerard/index.php. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  2. ^ "Brisbane Profile". broncos.com.au. 2009-12-05. http://www.broncos.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-nyc-display&id=1310&team=Broncos-nyc&gerard-beale. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  3. ^ "Brisbane 20-22 Manly". rleague.com. 2009-05-10. http://www.rleague.com/db/content/84000/84756.php. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  4. ^ a b Kilgallon, Steve (1 May 2011). "Broncos' Gerard Beale the bolter for Kiwis". The Sunday Star-Times. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/rugby-league/4947260/Broncos-Gerard-Beale-the-bolter-for-Kiwis. Retrieved 1 October 2011.