{"id":191870,"date":"2025-10-05T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191870\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:47:08","slug":"quade-cooper-apologises-to-wallabies-rookie-over-x-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191870\/","title":{"rendered":"Quade Cooper apologises to Wallabies rookie over X comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Wallaby fly-half Quade Cooper<\/a> has apologised to a Wallabies rookie after social media comments he made over the weekend raised eyebrows following Australia\u2019s 28\u201314 Bledisloe Cup defeat to New Zealand<\/a> in Perth.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks<\/a>\u2019 win sealed an 11th straight victory over their trans-Tasman rivals. The loss ended a promising Rugby Championship<\/a> campaign on a sour note for Joe Schmidt\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Cooper, who hosted an informal Q&A on X after the match, had given a blunt assessment of current No.10 Tane Edmed<\/a>, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t think he should be on a Test match pitch.\u201d He also questioned Schmidt\u2019s selection decisions, suggesting that Carter Gordon<\/a> \u2014 now plying his trade in the NRL \u2014 should be brought back into the fold.<\/p>\n

Edmed, making only his second start in his fourth Test, endured a mixed evening.<\/p>\n

The Waratahs\u2019 standoff showed composure early on but struggled as the pressure mounted, kicking a restart out on the full and spilling possession at key moments. Schmidt defended his young fly-half post-match, calling him \u201ca good young kid\u201d who \u201cdid really well considering the quality of the opposition and the nature of the conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper, however, has since clarified his remarks and offered a public apology to the 25-year-old on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Posting again on X, he wrote: \u201cJust for the news outlets \u2013 it wasn\u2019t a brutal swipe at Tane Edmed. I just don\u2019t think he should be playing Test match rugby for Australia<\/a> right now. If he\u2019s the best that we have in the most pivotal position in the game in all of Australia, tell me one top-tier country he could replace their top two 10s?\u201d<\/p>\n

He followed up with a more conciliatory message directed at Edmed:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for Tane. I would like to apologize. I\u2019ve been in that position, I know how tough it is. I don\u2019t ever want to be one of those ex-players who just sit on the sidelines throwing shade. I\u2019d rather offer perspective and encouragement than add to the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Wallaby fly-half Quade Cooper has apologised to a Wallabies rookie after social media comments he made over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-191870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}