Once upon a time, the Wallabies' backs would hover around David Campese in the hope of either being inspired or getting some scraps. Now it seems Kurtley Beale, the new Australian fullback, has taken on that role. The Sydney Morning Herald's Greg Growden reports.
"Three days after his exceptional man-of-the-match performance against Wales in Cardiff, his Australian teammates were still talking about Beale's special moments in that Test, particularly when he came close to scoring a second-half try by leaping to catch a high ball before swivelling out of the tackle, grubbering through and regathering only to lose control centimetres from the line.
It was a passage of brilliance that proved Beale is finally comfortable on the big stage and that he is ready to push his talent to the extreme in the green and gold, as he did during his acclaimed schoolboy days with St Joseph's College in Sydney, where he dominated the ranks."
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