{"id":514916,"date":"2026-03-03T00:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:56:08","slug":"everyones-been-asking-is-there-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514916\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Everyone’s been asking, is there competition?’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Declan Meredith knows he has big shoes to fill as the Brumbies\u2019 new No.10, but he believes the learnings from his predecessors have set him up for success this Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

The Canberrans lost two of their star flyhalves in the offseason when Jack Debreczeni<\/a> departed for their bitter rivals, the Waratahs, while Wallaby Noah Lolesio<\/a> left for the Japanese league.<\/p>\n

Their exit sparked questions on who would fill the position, but Meredith has been quick to settle into the jersey, scoring three tries as the Brumbies<\/a> have gone unbeaten to start the season.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old says the star duo\u2019s words of wisdom have helped him find early form.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s big shoes to fill now that Noah and Debs have departed, especially Noah, as he\u2019s been here for so many years,\u201d Meredith told AAP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe years I\u2019ve been in the academy working under Noah and Debreczeni, I\u2019ve learned a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a couple of starts last year, got the confidence there, and then this year, it\u2019s just been nice to keep building off that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more confidence I have out there, the more confidence it gives the other boys around me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meredith added a try to his tally when he crossed in the seventh minute in the Brumbies\u2019 thrilling 30-27 victory over the Blues<\/a> at GIO Stadium on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Although his five-pointer came off a rare 60-metre kick by prop James Slipper<\/a>, Meredith did the work by chasing down the ball before planting it over the tryline.<\/p>\n

But after playing for 64 minutes, he was taken off and replaced with Wallaby Tane Edmed.<\/p>\n

Together, the pair have clicked for the Brumbies. When Edmed took the field, he played a part in two last-minute tries to secure victory.<\/p>\n

Meredith says Edmed has been crucial in guiding him throughout training and games, which is one reason why the pair had a seamless transition on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very knowledgeable guy. He\u2019s been helping me with my game. I\u2019ve tried to assist where I can in his game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been really good at showing me different parts of my game and where I could improve on. That\u2019s helped me a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s been asking, is there competition? \u2026 But, we\u2019ve got a good partnership going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Brumbies now turn their attention to the Queensland Reds, whom they\u2019ll play next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Declan Meredith knows he has big shoes to fill as the Brumbies\u2019 new No.10, but he believes the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-514916","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\/514916","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=514916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}