Gerard Beale has played for the World All Stars and New Zealand Maori.
36 Facts About Gerard Beale
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Gerard Beale was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to parents Mick, from Christchurch, and Laurise, from the Chatham Islands.
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Gerard Beale is of Maori descent, specifically the Te Ati Awa Iwi.
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Gerard Beale played his junior rugby league for Logan Brothers before signed to play professionally for the Brisbane Broncos.
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Gerard Beale is a distant cousin of All Black great Zinzan Brooke.
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Gerard Beale finished the Brisbane Broncos 2010 NRL season with him playing in 10 matches and scoring 2 tries.
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In May 2011, Gerard Beale switched his eligibility allegiance to New Zealand.
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Gerard Beale was named in the New Zealand Kiwis 19th-man Squad to play Australia in the annual ANZAC Test match at Gold Coast's Cbus Super Stadium, however did not play in the match.
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Gerard Beale finished the Brisbane Broncos 2011 NRL season with him playing in all of the Broncos 27 matches and scoring 10 tries.
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Gerard Beale was named in the New Zealand Kiwis Squad to play in the Four Nations Tournament in the UK.
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Gerard Beale made his international debut for New Zealand against Australia at Hunter Stadium on 28 October 2011 playing as centre.
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On 3 April 2012, Gerard Beale signed a 3-year contract with the St George Illawarra Dragons, starting from the 2013 NRL season.
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Gerard 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.
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On 13 October 2012, Gerard 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.
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Gerard Beale finished his first year with the St George Illawarra Dragons in the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 5 matches.
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Gerard Beale finished off the 2014 NRL season with him playing in all of the Dragons 24 matches and scoring 11 tries.
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On 7 October 2014, Gerard Beale was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team final 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations.
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On 19 November 2014, Gerard Beale signed a three-year deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, starting from 2015.
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On 23 January 2015, Gerard Beale was named in Cronulla-Sutherland's 2015 NRL Auckland Nines squad.
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Gerard Beale finished his first year at Cronulla-Sutherland with him playing in all 26 matches and scoring two tries.
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On 29 January, Gerard Beale was named in the Cronulla club's 2016 Auckland Nines squad.
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On 1 April 2016, there were rumours that Gerard 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.
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Gerard Beale finished the Sharks successful 2016 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring five tries.
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On 4 October 2016, Gerard Beale was selected in the New Zealand national rugby league team final 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations.
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In February 2017, Gerard Beale was selected in the Sharks 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad.
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On 8 September 2017, Gerard Beale signed a 3-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors, starting in 2018.
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Gerard 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.
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On 5 October 2017, Gerard Beale was named in the 24-man New Zealand Kiwis squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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In 2018, Gerard Beale signed a three-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors.
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Gerard 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.
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Gerard Beale played in the club's elimination final loss to Penrith.
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In 2019, Gerard Beale played twelve games for New Zealand in the 2019 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals.
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Gerard Beale was limited to only seven appearances for New Zealand in the 2020 NRL season as the club missed out on the finals.
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Gerard Beale played for the Brisbane Tigers in 2021 in the Queensland's Intrust Super Cup.
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The announcement came eight months after Gerard Beale announced his retirement from the NRL.
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On 5 July 2021, Gerard 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.