{"id":50908,"date":"2025-08-07T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50908\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:32:09","slug":"tane-edmed-on-answering-joe-schmidts-wallabies-sos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/50908\/","title":{"rendered":"Tane Edmed on answering Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies SOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tane Edmed insists he\u2019s ready to be thrust into the Ellis Park cauldron after answering an SOS call from Joe Schmidt to join a 35-man squad for the Wallabies\u2019 opening two Rugby Championship<\/a> Tests in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The ACT Brumbies-bound Edmed has been called up to replace first-choice flyhalf Tom Lynagh<\/a>, who was ruled out with concussion after falling victim to an illegal clean-out in the Wallabies\u2019 22-12 win over the British and Irish Lions<\/a> last Saturday night in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Versatile veteran James O\u2019Connor<\/a> has also been included as a No.10 option but, after deploying the untried Lynagh in the 2-1 series loss to the Lions, Schmidt has shown his hand in picking for the future.<\/p>\n

After being handed his Wallabies debut off the bench against Ireland<\/a> on last year\u2019s spring tour, and lasting only three minutes before suffering concussion, Edmed is happy to be thrown in for his Test starting debut against the Springboks on Saturday week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely feel like I\u2019m ready,\u201d the 25-year-old said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Rugby Championship<\/p>\n

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South Africa <\/p>\n

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Australia <\/p>\n

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\u201cPlaying in the AUNZ team and starting against the Lions was a big confidence booster as well and I definitely think I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

After enduring an emotional rollercoaster ride during the Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season, when NSW coach Dan McKellar barely gave him an opportunity, Edmed opted to head to Canberra when Brumbies<\/a> coach Stephen Larkham<\/a> came a calling.<\/p>\n

Having a Wallabies legend like Larkham want him was just the shot of confidence he needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just instilled a lot of belief in me, and he thinks that he can make me a better player and that\u2019s all you need to hear,\u201d Edmed said.<\/p>\n

Lynagh\u2019s halves partner for the first two Tests of the 2-1 series defeat, Waratahs captain Jake Gordon<\/a>, is also unavailable to tour with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Schmidt has promoted uncapped Brumbies No.9 Ryan Lonergan<\/a>, who joins Tate McDermott<\/a> and Nic White<\/a> as the scrumhalves in Africa.<\/p>\n

Lonergan is one of three Test rookies selected, alongside Brumbies teammate and winger Corey Toole<\/a> and new Queensland Reds<\/a> recruit and prop Aidan Ross.<\/p>\n

Western Force<\/a> hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa<\/a> has been officially added to the group, having answered a late call ahead of the final Lions Test after injuries to David Porecki and Matt Faessler.<\/p>\n

Porecki subsequently announced his retirement this week.<\/p>\n

Queensland trio Josh Flook<\/a>, Josh Nasser<\/a> and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto<\/a> are the other new faces in the squad.<\/p>\n

Centre Flook will cover recently awarded Reds player of the year Filipo Daugunu<\/a>, who will remain in Australia<\/a> for the impending birth of his child.<\/p>\n

In a huge boost, inspirational lock Will Skelton<\/a> will also tour after reaching an agreement with his French club side.<\/p>\n

The Wallabies face the Springboks in Johannesburg on August 16 before travelling to Cape Town for a return bout with the world champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pleasing to be able to keep the core of the group together, while also leaning on some depth and fresh bodies,\u201d Schmidt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very conscious of how difficult it is going to be, playing South Africa<\/a> on their home turf over two consecutive weekends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group has made some positive steps throughout the start of the Test season but we all know there is a lot of hard work ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tane Edmed insists he\u2019s ready to be thrust into the Ellis Park cauldron after answering an SOS call…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-50908","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\/50908","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=50908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}