 Following the series, he was ruled out for the year after being told by new Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie (who had replaced Robbie Deans following the Lions Series loss), to have shoulder surgery to fix the shoulder injury he had suffered eight months earlier on the 2012 spring tour.In 2014, Beale played in all three test matches against France, coming off the bench for the Wallabies.He scored a try in the second half of the first match of the French Series in Brisbane, and set up a try for Michael Hooper in the third Test.