If there was a prize for best photo of an Australian athlete this year, a snap of Kurtley Beale in his budgie smugglers with Prince William surely goes close to taking the cake.
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After the Wallabies' 29-21 defeat of Wales on Saturday, Prince William was invited into the Australian change rooms to speak to players and congratulate them on their win.
The Wallabies often have celebrities pop in at various points throughout the year but Prince William's appearance created a fair deal of extra excitement among players.
A number of Wallabies front-rowers including Allan Alaalatoa, Scott Sio, Tatafu Polota-Nau and Sekope Kepu all got a photo with the Duke of Cambridge but it was Beale's snap that sent social media into meltdown on Monday.
The Wallabies fullback is no stranger to getting around in his budgie smugglers but doing so next to Prince William was quite a sight to see.
All photos with Prince William on the evening had to be approved by the royal family and it appears the latest Instagram picture posted by Beale received the green light.
When you rock up to the party feeling a little over dressed
A post shared by Kurtley Beale [-0-] (@kurtley_beale) on Nov 12, 2017 at 1:24pm PST
Standing with a beer in hand, Beale was wearing nothing more than what appeared to be a pair of Indigenous-designed swimmers.
He sported a big grin from ear-to-ear, as did Prince William who didn't seem too fussed about posing for a photo.
Beale captioned the photo: "When you rock up to the party feeling a little overdressed".
The photo received almost 5000 likes within an hour and was being touted on social media as one of the best snaps of the year.
