Gerard Beale

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Field	Value
name	Gerard Beale
image	Gerard Beale Kiwis.jpg
image_size	135px
birth_date
birth_place	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
height	181 cm
weight	97 kg
position
club1	Brisbane Broncos
year1start	2009
year1end	12
appearances1	63
tries1	20
goals1	0
fieldgoals1	0
points1	80
club2	St George Illawarra
year2start	2013
year2end	14
appearances2	29
tries2	10
goals2	0
fieldgoals2	0
points2	40
club3	Cronulla Sharks
year3start	2015
year3end	17
appearances3	70
tries3	14
goals3	0
fieldgoals3	0
points3	56
club4	New Zealand Warriors
year4start	2018
year4end	20
appearances4	32
tries4	4
goals4	0
fieldgoals4	0
points4	16
club5	St George Illawarra
year5start	2021
appearances5	10
tries5	4
goals5	0
fieldgoals5	0
points5	16
teamA	New Zealand
yearAstart	2011
yearAend	17
appearancesA	11
triesA	5
goalsA	0
fieldgoalsA	0
pointsA	20
teamB	World All Stars
yearBstart	2017
appearancesB	1
triesB	0
goalsB	0
fieldgoalsB	0
pointsB	0
teamC	Māori All Stars
yearCstart	2019
appearancesC	1
triesC	0
goalsC	0
fieldgoalsC	0
pointsC	0
source
updated	11 June 2021
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Gerard Beale (born 18 July 1990) is a New Zealand international rugby league professional footballer who last played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.

Beale previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St. George Illawarra and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, winning the 2016 NRL Grand Final with the Sharks. He has played for the World All Stars and New Zealand Māori.

Background

Beale was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to parents Mick, from Christchurch, and Laurise, from the Chatham Islands. He is of Māori descent, specifically the Te Āti Awa Iwi (tribe).

He played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers before signed to play professionally for the Brisbane Broncos. Beale is a distant cousin of All Black great Zinzan Brooke. Beale played for the Brisbane Broncos NYC team in 2009–2010.

Playing career

2009

In Round 9 of the 2009 NRL season, Beale made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles as a last minute replacement for Karmichael Hunt at fullback in the Broncos 22–20 loss at Suncorp Stadium. This was Beale's only match for the Brisbane Broncos in the 2009 NRL season.

2010

In Round 9 against the Melbourne Storm at the club's first match at their new home ground AAMI Park, Beale scored his first NRL career try off the interchange bench in the Broncos upset 36–14 win. Beale finished the Brisbane Broncos 2010 NRL season with him playing in 10 matches and scoring 2 tries. In October 2010, Beale played for the Junior Kangaroos.

2011

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2012

On 3 April 2012, Beale signed a 3-year contract with the St George Illawarra Dragons, starting from the 2013 NRL season. Beale finished his last year with the Brisbane Broncos in the 2012 NRL season with him playing in all of the Broncos 25 matches and scoring 8 tries. On 13 October 2012, Beale was selected to play on the left wing for New Zealand in the October test against Australia at Townsville's 1300SMILES Stadium in Queensland. Beale scored a try in the left corner in New Zealand's 18–10 loss.

2013

In Round 1 of the 2013 NRL season against the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park, Beale made his club debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons at in the Dragons 30–10 loss. In Round 5 against the Newcastle Knights at Jubilee Oval, Beale suffered a season ending knee injury in the Dragons 19–16 win. Beale finished his first year with the St George Illawarra Dragons in the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 5 matches.

2014

In Round 1 against the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium, Beale scored his first club try for Dragons in the 44–24 win. On 2 May 2014, Beale was selected to play for New Zealand at in the 2014 ANZAC Test match against Australia in the Kiwis 30–18 loss at SFS. Beale finished off the 2014 NRL season with him playing in all of the Dragons 24 matches and scoring 11 tries. On 7 October 2014, Beale was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team final 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations. Beale only played in 1 match in the tournament which was in the Kiwis 30–12 victory against Australia at Suncorp Stadium. On 19 November 2014, Beale signed a three-year deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, starting from 2015.

2015

On 23 January 2015, Beale was named in Cronulla-Sutherland's 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad. In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season, Beale made his club debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks against the Canberra Raiders at centre in the Sharks 24–20 loss at Shark Park. In Round 8 against the Penrith Panthers, Beale played his 100th NRL career match in the 26–18 loss at Penrith Stadium. In Round 22 against the North Queensland Cowboys, Beale scored his first club try for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharksin the 30–18 win at Shark Park. Beale finished his first year at Cronulla-Sutherland with him playing in all 26 matches and scoring two tries.

2016

On 29 January, Beale was named in the Cronulla club's 2016 Auckland Nines squad. On 1 April 2016, there were rumours that Beale was going make a shift to the Melbourne Storm early into the season but Cronulla-Sutherland were not keen on granting an early release. On 6 May 2016, Beale played for the New Zealand national rugby league team against Australia, playing at centre in the 16–0 loss at Hunter Stadium. As the Sharks progressed in the finals, Beale was shifted from centre to the interchange bench to act as the Sharks main interchange utility. On 2 October 2016, in Cronulla-Sutherland's 2016 NRL Grand Final against the Melbourne Storm, Beale played off the interchange bench in Cronulla's historic 14–12 win, ending the drought of their first ever premiership win in their 49 years in the NRL at ANZ Stadium. Beale finished the Sharks successful 2016 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring five tries. On 4 October 2016, Beale was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team final 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations. Beale played in 2 matches in the tournament and scored 2 tries which were scored in the Kiwis shock 18–18 all draw against Scotland at Derwent Park.

2017

In February 2017, Beale was selected in the Sharks 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad. On 10 February 2017, Beale played for the World All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2017 All Stars match, starting at centre in the 34–8 loss at Hunter Stadium. In Round 14 against the Melbourne Storm, Beale played his 150th NRL match in the 18–13 loss at Shark Park. On 8 September 2017, Beale signed a 3-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors, starting in 2018. Beale finished his last year with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 7 tries in the 2017 NRL season. On 5 October 2017, Beale was named in the 24-man New Zealand Kiwis squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. In the Kiwis first pool match against Samoa, Beale suffered a broken leg during the second half of the Kiwis 38–8 win at Mt Smart Stadium, unfortunately ending his tournament early and to miss the early rounds of the 2018 season.

2018 - 2020

In 2018, Beale signed a three-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors. Beale made 13 appearances for New Zealand in the 2018 NRL season as the club qualified for the finals for the first time since 2011. Beale played in the club's elimination final loss to Penrith.

In 2019, Beale played twelve games for New Zealand in the 2019 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals. Beale was limited to only seven appearances for New Zealand in the 2020 NRL season as the club once again missed out on the finals. At the end of the season he announced his retirement.

2021

Beale played for the Brisbane Tigers in 2021 in the Queensland's Intrust Super Cup. On 18 May, St. George Illawarra announced that the club had signed Beale for the remainder of the season. The announcement came eight months after Beale announced his retirement from the NRL.

Beale made his return to St. George Illawarra in round 12 of the 2021 NRL season against the Wests Tigers where the club lost 34–18.

Statistics

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Year	Team	Games	Tries	Pts
2009	Brisbane Broncos	1
2010	10	2	8
2011	27	10	40
2012	25	8	32
2013	St. George Illawarra Dragons	5
2014	24	10	40
2015	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26	2	8
2016	23	5	20
2017	21	7	28
2018	New Zealand Warriors	13	3	12
2019	12	1	4
2020	7
2021	St. George Illawarra Dragons	10	4	16
	Totals	204	52	208
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Controversy

On 5 July 2021, Beale was fined $2000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's COVID-19 biosecurity protocols when he attended a party along with 12 other St. George Illawarra players at Paul Vaughan's property.

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