He has played for the Hurricanes since the Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003. Instead Tana Umaga was today named as All Blacks skipper for the 2004 campaign. Graham Henry named him as All Blacks captain in 2004; under his leadership the All Blacks won 19 of their 21 games including the clean sweep … And after a disappointing The end of year tour of 2004 would be remembered for two things; the introduction of The 2005 calender year was a demanding year for the Umaga's reputation for sportsmanship was questioned because of an incident in the first Test of the Umaga played exceptionally during the remainder of the Lions tour and New Zealand's triumphant 2005 Tri-Nations campaign, which included the retention of the Bledisloe Cup. Umaga played wing for the Wellington Lions in 1994 and quickly became a fixture in the starting line-up alongside his brother who also played on the wing. Umaga scored more tries than any other player within the team for three successive years, and in 1996 was selected for the original Hurricanes squad. In his second season playing for the Hurricanes he scored a New Zealand record of 12 tries (now broken by Rico Gear) and earned a call up to the national team at the expense of an ill Jonah Lomu. Ruddy Darter 213,547 views. The appointment as New Zealands 59th Test captain, which comes just four days short of Umagas 31st birthday, was made as the teams were announced for next weeks reconstituted All Blacks trial in Auckland.
The IRB shortlisted him for their 2005 International Player of the Year award (an honour eventually won by fellow All Black Umaga led the All Blacks to only their second ever Northern Hemisphere Grand Slam. He scored a t… Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, born May 27 1973 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. Tana Umaga's announcement led to his succession as captain, In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours Umaga was made an Officer of the In the months to come he was reported to be on the wish lists of many top European clubs; his former All Black's teammate Umaga returned to New Zealand at the end of his contract with Toulon following their Umaga played his last season for the Hurricanes in 2007. Umaga was widely tipped to sign on as head of the Blues franchise for the 2016 Super Rugby competition, following the resignation of Sir John Kirwan from this role in June 2015.It was confirmed on 23 June 2015 that Umaga would take over as head coach of The Blues at the end of the 2015 ITM Cup Season.Umaga is married to Rochelle; the couple have four children together. This signalled his first Super rugby game since he was a Wellington Hurricanes regular in 2007. His main reason for retiring was to spend more time with his family as he had just had another child with his wife Rochelle.
His last match for them was on Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Despite scoring a try, Umaga's debut would not be remembered for his heroics and the beginning of an era, but the loss of one of The 2000 season would go down as one of Umaga's best; he became part of the The move closer to the scrum wasn't to everyone's liking, several well-known figures in His omission from the squad shocked the nation and just to rub salt into the wound Umaga, along with The opening match of the tournament was to be the All Black greats last The aftermath of the world cup was similar to the last, as coach Graham Henry's first choice as captain of his team was the battle-hardened Tana Umaga. The Blues announced on Thursday that Umaga, head coach for the last three seasons, and due for one more crack in 2019, would now be an assistant for … Moving Umaga to the centres wasn't to everyone's liking claim this as a reason for his loss of pace.The opening match of the tournament was to be the All Black last The aftermath of the world cup was similar to the last, as coach Graham Henry's first choice as captain of his team was Umaga, and after a disappointing In the 2004 end-of-year tour he oversaw the introduction of Umaga was involved in an incident in the first Test of the In the months to come he was reported to be on the wish lists of many top European clubs; his former All Black's teammate Umaga returned to New Zealand at the end of his contract with Toulon following their 7 January 2007 win over Umaga was named in the Chiefs' starting line-up for their opening Super Rugby fixture of the 2011 season to face the ACT Brumbies. Rassie Erasmus (Gallo Images) Cape Town - Blues coach Tana Umaga has acknowledged that Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus faces a “tough” task in his new role. Brian O'Driscoll leaves Tana Umaga for dead to set up Kevin Maggs try vs New Zealand 2001 - … By the time he bowed out of New Zealand rugby in 2007 to become director of rugby at French club, Toulon, Tana Umaga had established himself as a true folk hero and widely acclaimed as one of the best All Blacks three-quarters, either as a wing or centre, of any age. Erasmus was confirmed as Springbok coach earlier this month and is tasked … 0:13.