Tana Umaga
Tana Umaga
Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZMis a retired former New Zealand rugby union player and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks, and since 2016 has been the coach of the Blues in the Super Rugby competition. He played for the Hurricanes from Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003. Graham Henry named him as All Blacks captain in 2004; under his leadership the All Blacks won 19 of their 21 games including...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth27 May 1973
CityLower Hutt, New Zealand
blacks building chance pay pleased respects
He was instrumental in building the All Blacks tradition. We're pleased for the chance to pay our respects
chasing composed game
It's about us concentrating and being composed and not chasing the game as individuals,
indication okay running team tomorrow whether
It's day by day at the moment, ... I'd like to be running by tomorrow to give me and the team an indication of where I am and whether I will be okay to play.
carried shoulders sort stuff
If I carried all that sort of stuff on my shoulders going into a game, I wouldn't be able to get out there,
came gave saw scoreboard
To the Springboks' credit, they came all this way and never gave up as you saw on the scoreboard and in the way they played,
cape home lost town
We lost that one in Cape Town and that's in the back of everyone's mind, and being at home we want to do well,
becoming games physical tests
To play 100 games for the Brumbies and more than 100 Tests is mind-boggling with the game becoming more physical and quicker,