Australia star Kurtley Beale has opened up on the alcohol issues that saw him get into a drunk fight with his own teammates.
Wallabies veteran Beale entered rehab before the British and Irish Lions tour in 2013 as his alcohol problems got out of control. The versatile playmaker has been capped 95 times by Australia and his adventurous domestic career has taken him to northern hemisphere sides Wasps and Racing 92.
But Beale reached a personal low before the Lions tour after an alcohol-fuelled scrap with Melbourne Rebels team-mates Gareth Delve and Cooper Vuna. The ugly incident followed a humiliating 64-7 defeat for the Rebels against the Sharks in South Africa. Beale is said to have come to blows with the duo after confronting captain Delve, who asked him to put a shirt on when arriving at the team hotel after the match.
