Kurtley Beale to lead First Nations & Pasifika XV against Lions in Melbourne

Veteran Wallaby has four weeks to recover from hamstring injuryPlayers eager to honour heritage, share culture and show off elite talentFormer Wallabies playmaker Kurtley Beale has been selected to lead the First Nations & Pasifika XV, which will debut against the British & Irish Lions in Melbourne in a new fixture hoped to become a rugby union tradition.Beale, a Darug man with Kamilaroi ancestry, is set to take the field alongside Rob Leota of Samoan and New Zealand descent, Fiji-born Reds backrower Seru Uru, Waratahs flanker Charlie Gamble, who has Tongan background, and Brumbies winger Andy Muirhead, a proud Barunggam man. Continue reading...

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