Beale playing for the Broncos in 2011
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
18 July 1990 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Centre, Wing, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerard Beale (born 18 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League (NRL). A New Zealand national representative utility back, he previously played for NRL teams the Brisbane Broncos between 2009 and 2012, and the St George Illawarra Dragons between 2013 and 2014.
Of Māori descent, Beale was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers before signed professionally for the Brisbane Broncos. Beale is a cousin of All Black great Zinzan Brooke.
Beale played for the Brisbane Broncos NYC team in 2009. In Round 9 of the 2009 NRL season Beale made his first grade debut for the Brisbane Broncos in the Broncos 22-20 loss to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Suncorp Stadium, where he came in to the side at Fullback as a last minute replacement for Karmichael Hunt. This was Beale’s only match for the Brisbane Broncos in the 2009 NRL season.
In Round 9 against the Melbourne Storm at the Storms 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.