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"It was a bit of a surprise," Beale said of his call-up.<\/p>\n
"I have been following the group from afar, watching their progression over the last couple of years, and obviously Banksy (Tom Banks) and Hodgey (Reece Hodge) have been doing a fine job at fullback.<\/p>\n
"It's unfortunate they've been injured and I guess the boys coming over to the spring tour needed some help in that position. So they gave me a call. I'm super stoked. I didn't really see it coming but I'm really excited to be here."<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Turinui shares epic Melbourne Cup story from 2003<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Brutal Jones methods revealed in newspaper report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Notorious pitch invader joins All Blacks for anthem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Beale left the Waratahs last year to join French glamour club Racing 92 but told reporters he had never shut the door on playing for the Wallabies.<\/p>\n "I still felt individually that I could still add something because I'm still growing in the game," Beale said.<\/p>\n "My hunger is still there to keep growing as a player, to keep pushing myself with the best and against the best.<\/p>\n "So obviously, with the World Cup, in France, in 2023, it's still a goal of mine, still something I want to be a part of. I'm just trying to do my trade over here, just keep working hard for an opportunity. Now an opportunity has come."<\/p>\n Beale said he had gained inspiration from watching Quade Cooper shine in his own unlikely comeback in gold this year.<\/p>\n "It certainly gave them a lot of direction on the field, you can see how Quade can control the game," Beale said.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1456094259321327619?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "It allowed the rest of the team just to calm and just play their natural game.<\/p>\n "Hopefully, I can have that type of influence now that I'm here.<\/p>\n "I know James O'Connor is doing a great job in that 10 jersey in training and I'm sure he does have that influence on the group."<\/p>\n Giant lock Skelton, meanwhile, is in no mood to simply watch from the stands in Scotland despite only having a week to get back up to speed with the Wallabies game plan.<\/p>\n "It seems quite simple," Skelton said.<\/p>\n "It's something as a rugby player you've got to get used to quick.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1455467216854421511?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "I'm not too sure, I'll see what Renz (Rennie) is thinking.<\/p>\n "I'll definitely be putting my hand up, I think all the boys will be who come in, because we're not here to sit back and train for the three weeks.<\/p>\n "We want to try and be involved and put our hand up for selection.<\/p>\n "But we'll be trying to get our heads around it for Sunday with a seven day turnaround."<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1455807063079202816?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wallabies have been bolstered by some European heavy hitters ahead of their Autumn Nations Series opener. Kurtley Beale, Will Skelton, Rory Arnold, Tolu Latu, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154817,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815\/revisions\/154817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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