Manuel Howard Michael Edmonds (born 12 April 1977) is an Australian

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coach based in France and a former professional player who was capped twice for the Wallabies.

Personal life

Edmonds, nephew of New Zealand Maori player Huia Gordon, was born in

Ashburton, New Zealand Ashburton ( mi, Hakatere) is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is the seat of the Ashburton District. It is south west of Christchurch and is sometimes regarded as a satel ...

. He was educated at Erindale College upon moving to Canberra. His younger brother is Wallabies hooker Huia Edmonds.

Rugby career

A fly-half, Edmonds was an Australian representative at schoolboy, under 19 and under 21 level, before making his

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debut for the

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in 1998. His career coincided with that of Stephen Larkham and Edmonds received limited opportunities in a Wallabies jumper. After gaining a place in Australia's

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squad, he debuted as fly-half against Tonga in Canberra, where he scored two second half tries and kicked five conversions, for a match total of 20 points. Only David Knox in 1985 had scored more points on Wallabies debut with 21. He was overlooked for the World Cup and received just one more Test cap, against the Springboks at Pretoria in the

2001 Tri Nations Series The 2001 Tri Nations Series was contested from 21 July to 1 September between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Wallabies won another thrilling game at Stadium Australia in Sydney with number eight Tout ...

. Edmonds left the Waratahs in 2002 to play

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with

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, for which he was a Heineken Cup finalist in 2003. He had a stint playing for

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from 2007 to 2010, before returning to finish his career back at Perpignan. He was head coach of

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for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonds, Manny 1977 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Ashburton, New Zealand New South Wales Waratahs players USA Perpignan players Aviron Bayonnais players Expatriate rugby union players in France Australian expatriate rugby union players Australian expatriate sportspeople in France New Zealand emigrants to Australia New Zealand Māori rugby union players People educated at Erindale College Australian rugby union coaches

Personal life

Rugby career

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