Behave yourself, Kurtley Beale told, as ARU fines him $3,000 for flight row

The Australian Rugby Union has fined controversial star Kurtley Beale $3,000 over his in-flight verbal altercation with members of the Wallabies management team.

It follows the $45,000 fine which an ARU code of conduct tribunal imposed on Beale last week for his text message scandal.

ARU boss Bill Pulver said on Friday that Beale remained available for Wallabies selection on the current spring tour of Europe and that the governing body would now re-open contract negotiations with the playmaker who is off contract at the end of 2014.

Pulver hoped Beale would continue being a “a wonderful asset to our game”, but made it clear that he was on his last chance.

“The Kurtley Beale I want in Australian rugby is the one who has excited rugby fans for many years, just a great indigenous rugby player and important part of the fabric of our game,” he said.

“But most importantly one that constantly adheres to the behaviours consistent to the core values of the game and I am pretty confident that’s what we’re going to see from Kurtley from here on.

“He’s had a lot of chances and I’m pretty certain Kurtley is going to be very focused on behaviours that are consistent with our core values.”

An ARU integrity unit investigation found the playmaker committed a “moderate” breach of team protocols during the flight incident which occurred as the Wallabies were travelling to Argentina.

It said he was guilty of inappropriate public behaviour by being rude and disrespectful of Wallaby management in public.

The investigation by the ARU’s integrity unit was initially put on hold until the tribunal dealt with the issue of Beale’s inadvertent distribution of an offensive text message to former Wallabies business manager Di Patston.

Patston, who was also involved in the flight row, has since resigned her job as has then-Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie.