Kurtley Beale was asked if he still possessed that 'X-factor' that made him a mercurial marvel for the Wallabies for so long and he couldn't help but beam: "What do you reckon?!"
For at the grand old age of 37, the evergreen maverick talent may be pinching himself at being brought into the squad for Australia's northern hemisphere leg of the Rugby Nations Championship, but he's adamant he never lost belief he'd be back one day.