Bad boy Beale is back
Australia bad boy, Kurtley Beale has been included in the Wallabies' 23-man match day squad for their match against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
Beale has not played for the Wallabies' since their 10-28 loss to South Africa in Cape Town on September 27.
Beale's exclusion from the squad came as a result of an in-flight argument with then Wallabies business manager Di Patston, which blew up into a major scandal and ultimately led to her and former coach Ewen McKenzie's resignation.
The utility back did not escape punishment for the scandal and was slapped with a AU$48,000 (US$41,700) fine for sending an offensive text message to Patston and sanctioned again later for being rude and disrespectful to Wallaby team management on the flight.
However, since Michael Cheika took over the reins, Beale looked set to return to the Wallabies set-up after Cheika made no secret of the fact that he wants to retain the services of the back.
Beale takes his place on the bench next to fellow bad boy Quade Cooper for Saturday's match.
Ben Alexander, James Horwill and Rob Horne were named in the initial match day squad but have now been confirmed as omissions for the Dublin encounter.
Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Henry Speight, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Luke Jones, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Sam Carter, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Saia Fainga'a, 1 James Slipper.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Benn Robinson, 18 Tetera Faulkner, 19 Will Skelton, 20 Jake Schatz, 21 Will Genia, 22 Quade Cooper, 23 Kurtley Beale.
Date: Saturday, November 22
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 16.30 (16.30 GMT; 03.30, Sunday, November 23 Australian Eastern time)
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
