{"id":218785,"date":"2025-10-16T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218785\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:37:09","slug":"tane-edmed-explains-how-stint-in-new-zealand-sparked-wallabies-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/218785\/","title":{"rendered":"Tane Edmed explains how \u2018stint in New Zealand\u2019 sparked Wallabies rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tane Edmed has explained how a small stint with North Harbour<\/a> in New Zealand\u2019s NPC changed everything for the fly-half, who took his game to an all-new level after being named in the Wallabies squad for the 2024 Spring Tour.<\/p>\n

Edmed had been on the cusp of higher honours for quite some time, making two appearances for Australia<\/a> A in 2022 and later holding down the fort as the regular first-choice playmaker for the NSW Waratahs<\/a> in Super Rugby Pacific.<\/p>\n

Under then-coach Darren Coleman, Edmed wore the No. 10 jersey in all but four appearances for the Tahs in 2024. The West Harbour junior came off the pine in matches against the Hurricanes, ACT Brumbies, Western Force<\/a> and Queensland Reds.<\/p>\n

Following that season in the famed sky blue jersey of the Tahs, Edmed flew over the ditch after signing for North Harbour in the NPC. That proved to be a career-changing decision for the fly-half, who quickly became a household name in New Zealand\u2019s provincial competition.<\/p>\n

Edmed made 10 starts in as many matches that season, scoring 228 points as one of the clear standouts of the tournament. Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt rewarded Edmed with a spot in the Spring Tour squad, going on to debut off the bench against Ireland<\/a> in Dublin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt got me into the squad initially. I had a Tahs season, didn\u2019t really finish how I or we would have liked as a team,\u201d Edmed said on Kick Offs and Kick Ons, as seen on RugbyPass TV.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThen went across to New Zealand<\/a> for three months, four months and had an absolute ball of a time. They know how to do the off-field stuff the Kiwis and that was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of just taught me to just relax a little bit to be honest with you, and just enjoy it a little bit more and just play with a lot of freedom and it got me into that squad for the Spring Tour last year and got my foot in the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely attribute a lot to that little stint in New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edmed lined up at first five-eighth for a star-studded North Harbour side that included the likes of Shaun Stevenson<\/a> at fullback, try-scoring machine Kade Banks<\/a> on the wing, and New Zealand U20s flanker Tristyn Cook.<\/p>\n

North Harbour only recorded three wins from their 10 matches, finishing 10th on the ladder at the end of the round-robin, but Edmed reached new heights. Edmed scored two tries against Manawatu<\/a> in round six, leading North Harbour to victory.<\/p>\n

Edmed looked both confident and fearless while playing in the provincial rugby competition, scoring some impressive tries and starring as a chief game-driver as well. It was an important season in the course of the future Wallaby\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to be a lot more player-driven over there. I was playing NPC so it is somewhat semi-professional so it will be relaxed naturally,\u201d Edmed added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just noticed how the boys connect with each other and how we as players, and especially me as a game driver, got given the keys and given the freedom to play how I wanted to play. That was probably the biggest thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a different way to approach rugby. I\u2019m probably someone who tends to be, in the past, very structured and rigid and a bit stiff probably. It just got me out of my shell a little bit and just taught me to get away from the game of rugby and relax and just enjoy it for what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tane Edmed has explained how a small stint with North Harbour in New Zealand\u2019s NPC changed everything for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-218785","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\/218785","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=218785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}