The Wallabies are going to miss the rested Len Ikitau — not only does he top the list for most carries in the Rugby Championship, he’s the only Wallaby in the top 10 — but the Test against Argentina in Sydney will revolve around Brumbies-bound Tane Edmed.

The No. 10’s move from the Waratahs will almost certainly be the most important rugby decision he ever makes, and the manoeuvre looks so well thought out it belongs on a chessboard.

It’s a perfect case of the player’s needs meeting the Brumbies’ needs, and if the 25-year-old is to get off the rollercoaster that has been his career to date, then Canberra is the perfect location.

Without seeking to cast stones at the Waratahs — who have their own requirements and were clearly drawn to the leadership qualities of Lawson Creighton — there is no way Edmed should have gone from lighting up the NPC in New Zealand last year to scratching around for game time in Super Rugby Pacific.

The Kiwi province Edmed played for last season, North Harbour, has fallen off a cliff since his departure and, at the time of writing, sits stone-cold last in the NPC.

A lot of that is also down to North Harbour’s concurrent losses of No. 15 Shaun Stevenson and........

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