Last September, Wallabies five-eighth Tane Edmed played at Eden Park for North Harbour in the National Provincial Championship in front of 1867 spectators.

On Saturday, the rookie playmaker is set to run out in front of a sold-out crowd of 50,000 fans, most of them desperate for New Zealand to continue their 38-year winning run at the ground against the Wallabies. What a difference a year makes.

Edmed showed strong form during his stint in the NPC, and that helped earn him his first Wallabies cap, against Ireland in Dublin in November. After a difficult first Test start for the Wallabies in their loss to Argentina in Sydney , the Brumbies five-eighth reflected on how his time in New Zealand changed his career for the better.

“It’s definitely been a bit of a rollercoaster year since th

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