Beale's charitable fine
The Australian Rugby Union revealed that the AU$45,000 fine being paid by Kurtley Beale, following a breach of the ARU Code of Conduct, will be directed to the Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team.
The money will be used specifically to promote empowerment for Indigenous girls and women through the Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team's existing 'Stronga Sistas' program, which uses the game as an avenue to work with young women to learn about stronger bodies and stronger minds.
The Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team is an independent organisation dedicated to running programs that foster the development of teamwork, confidence, leadership and Rugby skills in a supportive environment.
Its programs promote an ethos of good sportsmanship, nutrition, mental health awareness, drug and alcohol free living and taking personal responsibility for positive life choices.
The Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team delivers competitions and programs to more than 1,000 young Indigenous men and women across Australia each year.
Alumni of the Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team include current Wallaby and Western Force captain Matt Hodgson and Taleena Simon, the first Aboriginal women to be signed on a contract with the Australian women's Sevens team.
The AU$45,000 fine was issued by a Code of Conduct Tribunal, and related to an offensive image Beale admitted sending on June 9.
