| Born | 16 August 2000 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb; 14 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Trinity Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Steve Edmed (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tane Edmed (born 16 August 2000) [2] [3] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the ACT Brumbies in the Super Rugby. His playing position is fly-half. He was named in the Waratahs squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season, [4] [5] where he made his Super Rugby debut. He previously represented the Sydney in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [6]
Edmed was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 2000. [1] His father, Steve Edmed, was a former professional rugby league player who played over 150 games for the Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). [7] [8] Edmed played junior rugby union for West Harbour in Sydney's Inner West and junior rugby league for the Leichhardt Wanderers and Wests Tigers. [1] [9] [7] He was educated at Sydney's Trinity Grammar School [1] [7] [10] where he would represent the school while playing for the Combined Associated Schools (CAS) 1st XV. [11] Edmed was then selected for the Australian Schools Barbarians in October 2018, playing fly-half against New Zealand Schoolboys. [10] In 2020, while playing colts rugby (youth) for Randwick, Edmed decided to make a move over to Eastwood in hopes of playing at a higher level. [11] Edmed commented to Behind The Ruck, "I couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity and development Randwick gave me, but the move to Eastwood was purely opportunity based. Randwick had a lot of playmakers coming back into first grade, and I felt like a move to Eastwood would increase my chances of potentially playing in the Shute Shield. In saying that, Ben Batger made it very clear that a first grade spot wasn't guaranteed and that I would have to work for it." [11]
Coming through the Waratahs Academy, Edmed signed his first professional contract (two-year deal) with the Waratahs in 2020 ahead of the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [12] Edmed had moved from Shute Shield clubs Randwick to Eastwood that year, [11] [12] whilst training with the senior Waratahs squad part-time. [12] Edmed had already been exposed to professional rugby with Sydney in the National Rugby Championship (NRC), [13] however issues around the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of the competition. [14]
Edmed made his Super Rugby debut in Round 1 (19 February 2021) against arch-rivals the Queensland Reds at Lang Park, Brisbane. [15] Edmed came on as a substitute in the 55th minute. The Waratahs lost 41–7. [16] For the rest of the season, Edmed saw few minutes of game-time, all coming as a substitute. [17] The Waratahs went winless for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season, recording an 0–13 record. [18]
After making two appearances off the bench for the Waratahs in the opening rounds of the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific season (2022), Edmed was named starting fly-half in their Round 6 clash against the Queensland Reds, replacing first-choice fly-half Ben Donaldson who suffered an ankle injury in the previous round. [19] Impressing with his mature game management and form, [19] Edmed started again at No. 10 in the following rounds before being made the starting fly-half for the rest of the season [17] after rotational fly-half Will Harrison suffered a severe knee injury. [20] Edmed's consistent performances were so impressive that rumours emerged suggesting he had attracted the attention of Perth-based Super Rugby rivals, the Western Force, particularly amid comments that the Waratahs possessed an excess of fly-halves and Edmed's contract expiry at the end of the season. [7] [19] [21] Edmed racked-up 76 points for the Waratahs, including one try. [17] The Waratahs finished in the Quarter-finals under new head coach Darren Coleman. [22] In May 2022, it was revealed that Edmed had signed a new two-year deal with the Waratahs. [23]
Edmed began the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season following his promising 2022 campaign, where he had emerged as a key player at fly-half. Edmed played at the first-choice Waratahs' first-choice fly-half for the opening three rounds of the season, scoring 40 points in the process, including one try. [17] However, his 2023 campaign was significantly disrupted after Round 4 by a back injury, which sidelined him for 10 weeks during the early rounds of the competition. [24] As a result, Edmed played just three more matches during the season, or seven in total. [17]
In 2024, Edmed played 10 out of 13 games Super Rugby games as the starting fly-half in a very unsuccessful Waratahs season. [17] The Waratahs, who finished wooden-spooners, [25] swapped Edmed with Will Harrison toward the latter end of the season. [26] In an effort to regain full match fitness and experience a different playing environment, [27] [28] Edmed joined North Harbour in New Zealand's Bunnings National Provincial Championship (NPC). [28] His performances across the campaign were widely regarded as a breakthrough. [29] [30] Over 10 matches, Edmed scored 137 points, [17] making him the leading point-scorer of the entire 2024 Bunnings NPC season. [31] His average of 13.7 points per game included a record performance against Manawatu, where he recorded 33 points (most for the club by a player in a match) through two tries, three penalties, and seven conversions — one of the most prolific individual performances of the tournament. [27] Despite North Harbour finishing 10th overall with only three wins, Edmed's attacking output and tactical control were considered a highlight of their campaign. His form in New Zealand earned him a call-up to the Australia national team. [32] In August 2024, Edmed re-signed with the Waratahs for 2025. [33]
In 2025, Edmed operated primarily in a secondary role to Lawson Creighton in the Waratahs' No. 10 jersey. [34] Despite serving as the team's chief goal-kicker and finishing the season as leading point-scorer, [17] he was limited to just five starts across thirteen matches. [17] Despite the team's improvement from the previous season under new head coach Dan McKellar, the Waratahs finished 8th and subsequently missed finals. [35] [36]
In July 2025, the ACT Brumbies announced they had signed Edmed, who was in the final year of his contract with the Waratahs, on a two-year deal, beginning in 2026. [37]
In October 2022, Edmed was called-up to the Australia A team for their Pacific Nations Cup and 2022 tour of Japan. [38] Edmed's inclusion was designed to provide game time to emerging fly-halves (including Ben Donaldson) and to assess his readiness for elevation to the Wallabies. [39] Edmed played in four matches across the campaign, and slotted a game-winning conversion against Japan XV in Fukuoka. [40]
In October 2024, Edmed was invited into Wallabies training for the Spring Tour, considered for inclusion in either the Wallabies or Australia XV squads. [41] Edmed was named on the bench for Australia's match against Ireland on 30 November. [42] He made his international test debut on 30 November 2024 after coming on as a 73rd minute substitute. However, after just three minutes on the pitch Edmed was subbed off with a knock to the head, which required a head injury assessment (HIA). [43] Australia lost 19–22 against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. [44]
In July 2025, featured as the ANZAC XV fly-half against the British & Irish Lions in Adelaide on their 2025 tour of Australia. [45] The Lions won 0–48. [46] The following month Edmed was one of 34 players named in coach Joe Schmidt's Wallabies squad for their opening two tests against South Africa in the 2025 Rugby Championship. [47] Ahead of the first test, Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt made a late reversal on the starting lineup by calling up Edmed onto the bench as back-up for James O'Connor after Ben Donaldson suffered an injury, replacing back-rower Nick Champion de Crespigny in the squad to avoid going into the Springboks Test without a second playmaker. [48] [49]