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| url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/palu-returns-with-a-new-hunger-and-outlook-20110317-1bz26.html| accessdate = 18 March 2011 }}</ref> and played only six Super Rugby matches for the Waratahs in the 2011 season. He played in two pool matches for Australia at the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] in New Zealand but a recurrence of his hamstring injury playing against the {{nrut|United States}} ruled him out of the remainder of the tournament.<ref name=guardian-2011/>
He returned to the Wallabies for a successful season in 2012, starting at Number 8 for the three-nil test series win against {{nrut|Wales}} and Australia's drawn match in Brisbane against {{nrut|New Zealand}} before test wins against {{nrut|England}}, {{nrut|Italy}} and {{nrut|Wales}} on the 2012 end-of-year tour. Palu started in all three home tests against the [[British and Irish Lions]] in 2013, with the series being won by the visitors by two matches to one. He played a further ten matches for Australia, including one at the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]],<ref name=sn-2016/> to take his total to 58 tests, making his last appearance against England in June 2016.<ref name=sn-2016/>
The following month, Palu completed his twelfth and final season with the Waratahs,<ref name=rebs-verblitz-2017/> which had included starting at Number 8 for the team's [[Super Rugby]] title-winning season in 2014. He joined Japanese club [[Toyota Verblitz]] for his final professional club contract in 2016 and 2017.<ref name=rebs-verblitz-2017/>
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