Rugby-Beale captains First Nations & Pasifika XV against Lions


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  • Sunday, 20 Jul 2025

Rugby Union - Autumn International - Wales v Australia - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Britain - November 20, 2021 Australia's Kurtley Beale reacts Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

BRISBANE (Reuters) -Kurtley Beale will get his chance to face the British & Irish Lions on a second tour after being named captain of the First Nations & Pasifika XV team for Tuesday's clash in Melbourne.

The 95-cap flyhalf, who famously slipped while taking a potentially match-winning penalty in the first test against the Lions in 2013, was robbed of the chance of facing the tourists for Western Force last month by a hamstring injury.

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