Tana Umaga

Tana Umaga

ONZM

Umaga in 2005
Birth name	Jonathan Falefasa Umaga
Date of birth	(1973-05-27) 27 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
School	Parkway College
Notable relative(s)	Mike Umaga (brother) Jerry Collins (cousin) Jacob Umaga (nephew) Peter Umaga-Jensen (nephew) Thomas Umaga-Jensen (nephew) Tu Umaga-Marshall (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1994–2005 Petone Rugby Club () 2005–2006 Toulon 7 (10) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1994–2007 Wellington 100 (260) 2010 Counties Manukau 10 (5) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2007 Hurricanes 122 (235) 2011 Chiefs 7 (5) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–2005 New Zealand 74 (180) Coaching career Years Team 2008–2009 Toulon 2010–2011 Counties Manukau (assistant) 2012–2015 Counties Manukau 2015 New Zealand under-20 (assistant) 2016–2018 Blues (Head Coach) 2021–2023 Samoa (assistant) 2024– Moana Pasifika
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1991–1992 Wainuiomata Lions 1992 Wellington 1993–1994 Newcastle Knights Total 0 0 0 0 0

Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga ONZM (/ˈtɑːnə ˈuːmʌŋə/; Samoan pronunciation: [ˈtana ˈuːmaŋa]; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He is head coach of Moana Pasifika 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 & 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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-André. 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-André. In March 2010, Umaga again returned to the playing ranks following a serious hip injury to Christian Loamanu.^[3] 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.^[4]