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
age chicken effort feeling great half looks spring
I can't do half the things he can, I'm feeling my age and he looks like a spring chicken it's a great effort from the guy.
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,
focused stay
We just had to stay focused on what we had to do,
good grand love playing rugby slam
We all love to be playing rugby and to get a good lead-up to the grand slam you need to be playing good football,
backs credit dangerous week
No one backs them this week and that's a very dangerous thing for us. We're the only ones that give them any credit really.
bad face malice tackle
I was told there was no malice in it, and I have to take that at face value, but a bad tackle is a bad tackle.
fact stand surprised
I still stand by the fact I was a little surprised that nothing ever did come of it,
attack breaks clinical composed finish patience weak
If we make breaks we need to finish them off. We need to be clinical enough but also composed enough that if the opportunity's not there, then we have the patience to attack where they are weak again.
breaks finish
If we make breaks we need to finish them off.
game sure work
We've got to work on everything in our game and make sure our game's up to speed.
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,
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
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,
decided half happy
We were very happy at the end of the first half and decided to give up by the look of it,