Tana Umaga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tana Umaga

New Zealand rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 27-May-1973

Place of Birth: Lower Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Profession: actor, rugby union player, rugby league player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Tana Umaga

  • Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa "Tana" Umaga (; Samoan: ['tana 'u?ma?a]; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.
  • Since 2016 he has been 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 22 games including the clean sweep of the British and Irish Lions and the Grand Slam in 2005.
  • At the end of 2005, after 74 Test caps (where he scored 36 tries), Umaga retired from international rugby.
  • Umaga played four games in 2007 for the Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup, to play 100 matches for the province, before taking up the position of coach at Toulon.During his first season coaching in 2008–09 season Toulon was a poor performer in the first half of the season and facing a relegation scare, and there was speculation that he would be replaced by Philippe Saint-AndrĂ©.
  • Umaga returned to a playing role for Toulon in the second half of that season, and at the same time announced that he would not continue as head coach beyond that season.
  • After helping Toulon exit relegation trouble (they ultimately finished ninth that season), he retired as a player, and remained at Toulon as assistant coach for backs under Saint-AndrĂ©.
  • In March 2010, Umaga again returned to the playing ranks following a serious hip injury to Christian Loamanu.
  • Umaga returned to New Zealand after the 2009–10 French season to become a player-coach with Counties Manukau and played with the Waikato Chiefs in the 2011 Super Rugby competition.

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