Gerard Beale is a professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer currently playing for Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...

 in the Telstra Premiership. He is a utility back by preference; in that he can play at full-back, wing or centre.

Playing career

Beale signed professionally for the Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...

 from Logan Brothers. Beale made his first grade debut in a 22-20 loss to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...

 in the 2009 NRL season, where he came in to the side at full-back as a last minute replacement for Karmichael Hunt

Karmichael Hunt

Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....

. He had previously been playing for the Broncos' Toyota Cup side. On the 23rd September, 2011, during the semi finals, Beale made a catch in the 2nd half in which he knee'd captain Darren Lockyer

Darren Lockyer

Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...

, causing him to require 3 titanium plates in his face and making him unavailable for the grand final qualifiers. The Broncos ended up losing that grand final qualifier resulting in Darren Lockyer's final career game.

Representative career

Beale played for the Junior Kangaroos in 2010.

He is a relative of All Black great Zinzan Brooke

Zinzan Brooke

Zinzan Valentine Brooke is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played at number eight...

 and was named in New Zealand

New Zealand national rugby league team

The New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name...

 19-man squad for the 2011 ANZAC Test

2011 ANZAC Test

The 2011 ANZAC Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand on 6 May 2011 at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. Australia won their tenth straight Anzac test with a score of 20–10.-Pre-game:...

. Beale however did not play in the match.

Brisbane Broncos

Season	Matches	Tries	Goals	F/G	Points
2009	1	-	-	-	-
2010	10	2	-	-	8
2011*	27	9	-	-	28
Total	38	11	-	-	44

(* denotes season still competing.)