Tana Umaga

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Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga (; Samoan pronunciation: [ˈtana ˈuːmaŋa]; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player and captain of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He is the former head coach of Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby competition, and current defence coach for the All Blacks. He was granted and uses the Samoan chiefly honorific title of Faʻalogo, meaning "the listener". 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 a clean sweep of the British & Irish Lions and a Grand Slam tour in 2005. At the end of 2005, Umaga retired from international rugby after 74 Test caps and 36 tries. 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...

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