third appearance for Racing, he was subbed on in the sixty-fifth minute of the 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup Final against the Exeter Chiefs, racing were down 28–27. Racing failed to score and lost (31–27) there third European Rugby Champions Cup Final appearance in five years. Overall Beale played an important role for Racing in his first season for the club. Beale played twenty-five matches and scored a total of thirty-eight points (seven tries, one penalty goal), almost exclusively playing at full-back. 2021–22 In his second season for Racing, Beale currently has had less of an attacking impact than his first. In round one of the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup (10 December 2021) against Northampton Saints, Beale made a quick, darting line-break and off-load, leading to a try in the eighth minute of the first half. Later in the match he followed that up with a try assist, helping Racing to a 14–45 win in Franklin's Gardens Stadium. He is yet to score any points in seventeen matches, however. International rugby Early career: 2007–11 Beale made his Australia A debut in the 2007 Pacific Nations Cup. He scored his first try in a 27–15 defeat of Samoa. Soon after, Beale narrowly missed out on being chosen for the Rugby World Cup in 2007, with the selectors opting instead for Berrick Barnes as the backup flyhalf for the Wallabies squad coached by John Connolly. Beale made his test debut on the 2009 Spring Tour to the Home Nations when he appeared on the wing as a substitute in Australia's 34–12 victory over Wales. He made a number of mid-week match appearances on the tour at fly-half. 2010 was a groundbreaking year for Beale in terms of his international career. He started the test season scoring two tries against Fiji and finished the year with a respectable record of seven tries from 12 tests. In 2011 Beale received the John Eales Medal, awarded to Australia's best rugby player of the year, and was nominated for the IRB International Player of the Year Award. He was named as part of the Australian squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, and was favoured as the starting fullback when fit to play. However, he missed the Wallabies semi-final against the All Blacks due to a hamstring injury suffered in the previous game against South Africa. Later test career: 2012–2019 Beale played fullback for the