Australia star Kurtley Beale has opened up about his struggles with alcohol that saw him drunkenly fought two team-mates before checking himself into a rehab facility nearly a decade ago.
Back in 2013, the Wallabies full-back came to blows with Melbourne Rebels team-mates Gareth Delve and Cooper Vuna just hours after a 64-7 loss to the Sharks in South Africa. Then Rebels captain Delve, who won 11 caps for Wales, reportedly asked Beale to put a shirt on before arriving at the team hotel, for which he was abused and assaulted.
Beale, who has had stints in the northern hemisphere with Wasps and Racing 92, has now admitted he was in the wrong and deserved the punishment he received. Speaking as part of Stan Sport’s ‘Kurtley: My Story’, Beale revealed that he also checked himself into rehab ahead of the 2013 Lions tour.
