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Beale at ten is holding back our young halves and it's time to blood

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Near NZ$500k a season for a bloke who'll be lucky to see out the year injury-free, and we're still blocking the academy kid's pathway? I rate Beale's name as much as anyone, but names don't tackle or pass well any more. Every week he starts is another week our young flyhalf watches from the stand learning absolutely nothing. The whole competition's a development shop. Everyone else has figured that out. And in reality, what's the actual plan here? Hope Beale magically finds his 2011 form on the money we're paying him? I'd rather lose ugly with a kid getting reps than lose ugly with a well-paid veteran. Sure, some punters on here still fancy the old head for the line, fine, enjoy the TAB odds on that, I'll back the future with my cash instead. 🤡💸 Blood the kids already. 😏
RO RobbedAgainMerchant Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 4:35 am

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    RobbedAgainMerchant wrote:
    Near NZ$500k a season for a bloke who'll be lucky to see out the year injury-free, and we're still blocking the academy kid's pathway? I rate Beale's name as much as anyone, but names don't tackle or pass well any more. …
    Happy to entertain the kid-at-ten idea on condition that someone shows me the academy half's actually outperforming at training level and in the few minutes he's had. The NZ$500k figure is rumour, and blocking pathways cuts both ways. Throw an unproven ten in behind a beaten pack every week and you can ruin him as easily as blood him. Concede Beale's probably past it, mind.
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    RO RobbedAgainHater318 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 5:14 am Quote
  • Sick of watching Beale run the same stale angles while the kid warms the bench 🔥 Give him ten Super rounds, can't be worse. Ah well, nowt to do unless coaches grow a spine 💪
    You don't abandon your own.
    SE SeenItAllFaithful Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 5:19 am Quote
  • Could be wrong, but even a few minutes off the bench tells you more than another stale season of Beale at ten. Blood the kid for the last stretch and see what the sample says.
    Do the math before you argue.
    CH ChrisDiehard387 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 7:28 am Quote
  • saw the academy kid get twenty minutes off the bench a few weeks back and honestly he looked more composed than blokes I've watched for years. back in my day we blooded young halves without fuss, you threw them in against the Lions, they got trodden on, they learned. nobody waited for a perfect training report before giving a kid a go. Beale's been a good servant, no bitterness from me, but near NZ$500k (rumoured or not) for a bloke running the same angles while the youngster screams for time? watch as long as I have and you'll get it: clubs that protect the old name always finish second. give the kid ten rounds, like Chris says. worst case we lose games we were losing anyway 😉
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    UN UnderdogNightmare Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 9:42 am Quote
  • UnderdogNightmare, spot on about the twenty minutes - I've got that run in my own spreadsheet and it's the most encouraging sample we've had all season. My caveat: blood him at home first, not in Canberra. 📊
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    BA BadBeatKing Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 10:28 am Quote
  • Bloody oath play him in Canberra, that's exactly how you find out if he's got any ticker 😏 Meanwhile Beale collects near NZ$500k to jog at second receiver. Just do it, mate 🤡
    Here to argue, not to nod along.
    GO GoTheDistanceOrNothing Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 1:57 pm Quote
  • Tbh the kid looked calm in that twenty minutes, way calmer than Beale's been all year 🔥 Canberra away is a tough ask but if he's got any ticker like GoTheDistance says, throw him in 💪
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    SA SamUltra Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 3:06 pm Quote
  • saw the kid in that twenty minutes too, calm as anything. old Lynagh got thrown in young and never looked back, give him Canberra, he'll be right 😉
    FR FrontRow88 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 5:37 pm Quote
  • Interesting that everyone's suddenly keen to anoint the kid off twenty minutes against tired legs. I'll believe it when I see it over a full eighty in Canberra, because the Brumbies will target a rookie ten all arvo and we all know it. That said, I'm not defending the current setup. Beale at second receiver jogging around on near NZ$500k while the academy lad gets scraps off the bench is backwards any way you slice it. My condition is simple: if the kid starts in Canberra, give him a proper forward platform and a real kicking game around him, otherwise we'll be back here in a week calling for Beale's head for the wrong reasons.
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    Sample first, conclusions after.
    RO RobReds Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 15 Sep 2026, 8:48 pm Quote
  • RobReds has a point about the sample size, hard out. Twenty minutes is a small table. But I ran the tape on Beale's passing angles and the kid read the defence quicker in twenty. Give him Canberra, worst case we learn something.
    Do the math before you argue.
    FR FrontRowFan Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 16 Sep 2026, 9:45 pm Quote
  • Start the kid and if he gets torched in Canberra, at least we learn something for our money instead of paying half a mill for one decent pass a month 🤡
    RO RobBeliever Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 16 Sep 2026, 10:52 pm Quote
  • Half a mill for ten solid minutes of Beale a month while the kid rots on the bench, someone's having a laugh 😅 Canberra will target him hard, sure, but guess what, Brumbies will run all over Beale too at this stage. Give the boy a go, worst case we learn more than we have all season 🔥
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    DI Diehard Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 17 Sep 2026, 12:44 am Quote
  • haha rob, you were saying the same about every young ten we've blooded since theForce came back, remember the last one we rushed to Canberra? torched in forty minutes and never quite trusted again. i like the kid's reads as much as anyone but i've seen worse debuts than a controlled half off the bench. ah well, we'll see 😉
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    ME Metric_nerd Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 17 Sep 2026, 4:34 am Quote
  • Metric_nerd has a point though, one torched kid in Canberra doesn't prove the pathway's broken either way. Small sample both directions, which is exactly why nobody here should be calling it settled.
    FI FixIsInPTSD Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 17 Sep 2026, 8:23 am Quote

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