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The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

Kurtley Beale: From Rock Bottom to Lions Comeback

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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Sports News, Sports, Rugby, News

4.52.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Join Hask and Payno in Melbourne as they sit down with Wallabies legend Kurtley Beale. Just days before captaining the First Nations and Pasifika XV against the Lions, Kurtley opens up about his extraordinary career, the deep cultural significance of Tuesday's match, and his personal journey of resilience. The lads look back on the 1st Test in Brisbane and Kurtley gives his thoughts on Finn Russell’s performance v Wallabies in the 1st Test.  Season 5 is Sponsored by Continental Tyres 00:00:00 🚗 Strap in with Continental Tyres   00:02:00 🐝 Wasps & the "Dream" of London   00:07:00 🦘 Culture & First Nations XV   00:18:15 🦁 The Lions' First Test Domination   00:24:53 🎯 Finn Russell's Evolved Game   00:30:00 💪 Tom Curry’s the Total Package   00:32:39 🇦🇺 Wallabies' Resilience   00:39:28 🦶 That Kick in 2013.   00:44:48 🏉 Kurtley’s cCareer   00:48:06 🌧️ Personal Struggles   00:52:17 🌟 Beale’s best days   🦘Melbourne Live Show https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CLASAAM25 🇦🇺Sydney Live Show https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-%E2%80%93-live-show/181667?previewId=A6935A80-427F-11F0-B10D-EFE2262313DD 🧡 GBR Tour https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall. #Rugby #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello to the Dream Team. We are now down in Melbourne. The lines are one up in the series. It is great to have the one and only Curley Bill with us. Did you enjoy Wasps as a whole? They sold me the dream to live in North London. Really? And instead you had done in Coventry. Anyways, yeah. Coventry. First Asian people aren't even recognising the Constitution. This game on Tuesday means a lot for our people and we've got young kids looking up to their indigenous idols or Pacifica idols. Were you surprised by what came at Australia from the Lions? I played with Finn at Russing. He's been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. 99 times out of 100 would you have kicked it? Yeah. Maybe I was meant to slip over to really kind of... Learn to wear studs. Learn to wear studs. Like, I hit Rock Bottom, and I didn't know. The only wave from Rock Bottom is back up. I probably need to kind of check in after this, actually. Which were the happiest days? This week's definitely been pretty special. Really? To lead a bunch of legends. Team talk? Team talk. Just bar up. Let's go.

0:56.8

Into the final moments,

0:58.2

Alex Payne trying to keep this side going forward.

0:59.2

Haskell takes it on now

1:00.3

with just relentless chat

1:01.8

largely about himself.

1:03.2

And there's Tyndall

1:03.9

to add the finishing touch

1:05.3

of glamour and World Cup

1:06.8

winning stories.

1:07.9

That is how you podcast.

1:13.2

Hello to the Dream Team. Welcome along to yet another episode of the good

1:16.9

band The Rugby, proudly sponsored as always by our very good friends at Continental Tires,

1:21.3

the official tire partner of England Rugby, whether on the rugby field or the road,

1:24.3

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1:28.0

and grip, and would you believe it, the tour rolls on, talking of tires on the road.

1:32.9

We are now down in Melbourne.

1:34.3

The Lions are one-up in the series.

1:36.0

Hask and I are delighted to be joined by a man who's had a quite extraordinary career.

1:40.9

He has 95 caps to the Wallabies.

1:42.5

He's played top flight rugby in Australia in France and the UK. And this week he is set to face the Lions once again, lining up for the First Nations and Pacifica 15. Hask knows him well from their time together at Wasp. They've already been through most of the history before we started recording. It is great to have the one and only, Kurtly Beale with us. How are you, sir? good good very very good to be here and having a chat with the lads how are you mate

1:44.4

just to have the one and only Kurtly Beal with us. How are you, sir? Good, good. Very good to be here and having a chat with the lads. How are you, mate? It's been a while, it's been a while. It doesn't matter where you go in the world. If you see a former teammate or something like that and you just start laughing and smiling, it's just, I don't know, it's just the best thing. I think as well, Wos guys in particular.

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