Beale eyes World Cup after surprise Test recall

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The Wallabies person been bolstered by immoderate European dense hitters up of their Autumn Nations Series opener.

Kurtley Beale, Will Skelton, Rory Arnold, Tolu Latu, Colby Fainga'a and Duncan Paia'aua are each successful the premix for the clash with Scotland aboriginal connected Monday greeting (AEDT) arsenic manager Dave Rennie continues to formed the enactment nett wide.

Beale, 32, is an enactment to play astatine fullback astatine Murrayfield though Andrew Kellaway looms arsenic the much apt candidate.

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"It was a spot of a surprise," Beale said of his call-up.

"I person been pursuing the radical from afar, watching their progression implicit the past mates of years, and evidently Banksy (Tom Banks) and Hodgey (Reece Hodge) person been doing a good occupation astatine fullback.

"It's unfortunate they've been injured and I conjecture the boys coming implicit to the outpouring circuit needed immoderate assistance successful that position. So they gave maine a call. I'm ace stoked. I didn't truly spot it coming but I'm truly excited to beryllium here."

Beale near the Waratahs past twelvemonth to articulation French glamour nine Racing 92 but told reporters helium had ne'er unopen the doorway connected playing for the Wallabies.

"I inactive felt individually that I could inactive adhd thing due to the fact that I'm inactive increasing successful the game," Beale said.

"My hunger is inactive determination to support increasing arsenic a player, to support pushing myself with the champion and against the best.

"So obviously, with the World Cup, successful France, successful 2023, it's inactive a extremity of mine, inactive thing I privation to beryllium a portion of. I'm conscionable trying to bash my commercialized implicit here, conscionable support moving hard for an opportunity. Now an accidental has come."

Beale said helium had gained inspiration from watching Quade Cooper radiance successful his ain improbable comeback successful golden this year.

"It surely gave them a batch of absorption connected the field, you tin spot however Quade tin power the game," Beale said.

"It allowed the remainder of the squad conscionable to calm and conscionable play their earthy game.

"Hopefully, I tin person that benignant of power present that I'm here.

"I cognize James O'Connor is doing a large occupation successful that 10 jersey successful grooming and I'm definite helium does person that power connected the group."

Giant fastener Skelton, meanwhile, is successful nary temper to simply ticker from the stands successful Scotland contempt lone having a week to get backmost up to velocity with the Wallabies crippled plan.

"It seems rather simple," Skelton said.

"It's thing arsenic a rugby subordinate you've got to get utilized to quick.

"I'm not excessively sure, I'll spot what Renz (Rennie) is thinking.

"I'll decidedly beryllium putting my manus up, I deliberation each the boys volition beryllium who travel in, due to the fact that we're not present to beryllium backmost and bid for the 3 weeks.

"We privation to effort and beryllium progressive and enactment our manus up for selection.

"But we'll beryllium trying to get our heads astir it for Sunday with a 7 time turnaround."

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