Tana Umaga Tribute
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2015
- Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga is a former captain of New Zealand who won 74 caps for his country between 1997 and 2005 scoring 36 tries.
Widely regarded as one of the best All Blacks' three-quarters ever, he began his international career on the wing before a switch to the centre in 2000 where he would go on to cement a reputation as one of the best in the world.
With his trademark dread-locks, he played for the Wellington-based Hurricanes from the inception of Super Rugby in 1996, taking over the captaincy in 2003, until his initial retirement in 2007.
Graham Henry named him as All Blacks captain in 2004 and under his leadership the All Blacks won 19 of their 21 games including the clean sweep of the British and Irish Lions. Despite controversy over the first Test tackle in which he was involved with Keven Mealamu and from which Lions skipper Brian O'Driscoll suffered a tour-ending injury, Umaga was hailed as an inspiring leader.
He then led the All Blacks to a Tri-nations victory and an end of year Grand Slam tour of Europe, making a surprise retirement after the last international against Scotland.
Umaga played for Wellington Lions in the National Provincial Championship and the New Zealand Cup between 1994 and 2007 - racking up 100 appearances.
In 2006 he joined French club side Toulon on a short-term contract after his New Zealand Cup commitments with Wellington and earned a reported £250,000 for his seven-match stay.
After bowing out of New Zealand rugby in at the end of the 2007 New Zealand Cup competition, Umaga re-joined Toulon as coach. He would later resume his playing career during the 2008-09 Top 14 season at the age of 35.
In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours Umaga was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of his dedicated service to rugby.
His elder brother, Mike Umaga, who later played as an international for Manu Samoa, preceded him in playing for Petone and Wellington.
In December 2011 Umaga was named head coach at ITM Cup side Counties Manukau, after spending the previous season as a player/coach at the club as well as appearing for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. - Sport
He was such an elite 12 at the back half of his career that everyone forgot how electric he was on the wing
Found exactly what I was looking for. That infamous Tana Umaga side step that left Chester Williams in shock! This man is IMO the greatest wing & centre of all time
Tana Umaga and Christian Cullen played so well together...always knew where the other one was
i remeber when jonah came to wellington to play as well. Unbelievable back 3
What a legend Tana Umaga . Love from your friend Adam ❤❤❤❤😊. I think that Tana Umaga and Conrad Smith and Ma Nouna are great players.
Great player and a very nice man, thank you Tana, Respect
Tana Umaga, Christian Cullen, Jonah Lomu, together they AWESOME almost unstoppable!!!! Simply BRILLIANT!!!!! Why you ask, simple, ''teamwork''!!!! Something the Auckland Blues took a LONG time too learn!!
The 35 dislikes are probably Aussies are they got an All Black hiding, ha ha lol!
absolute masterclass player. people may bang on about the o'driscoll event but they forget when he picked up the welsh captain after Jerry Collins monstered him. play went on, he stopped, put him into recovery position and removed charvis'(?) mouth guard to clear his airways. that is legendary. wainuiomata proud
Bent Charvis in half. Bend em like Jerry. R.I.P uce
He was awarded the highest honour in sports for that - the Pierre de Coubertin medal, given out by the IOC (it has predominantly gone to Olympic athletes). Only Kiwi to ever receive it. Other people to get are people like an Italian bobsledder (Eugenia Monti) who gave the British bobsled team a crucial bolt from his own sled so they could race (they then won gold) (he was the first recipient in 1964) and the Croatian 49ers crew who didn’t make the medal race and then leant their (very expensive) boat to a Danish crew whose mast had snapped at the 2008 Olympics and wouldn’t have been able to sail in the medal race otherwise. And because of that the Danish crew won gold. There’s only about 25 people in history that’s won this medal, Tana being one of them. I love sporting achievements but this medal is my favourite award in all sports!
Nice one brother.
Damn watching this video made me realize I forgot how good and quick Umaga was! That combination of Cullen and Umaga.. so damn good
I remember seeing him as a skinny young teenager playing Rugby league for Wainuiomata coming up to Auckland to play in a 9s rugby league tournament at Carlaw park in the early 90s before the warriors came along ,we looked over in the grandstand and saw him, we thought he was the ball boy because he was so small compared to his team mates and they had an impressive side led by Fauono Ken Laban who helped so many young men from the wainuiomata area reach pinnacle heights... watching Tana in these highlight reels is exactly how I remember seeing him back then skillfully balanced off both feet ,always threatens with ball in hand..I also remember Tana and Rubin wiki playing in the centres for the junior kiwis together they were such a good partnership
That's some insight there mate. Forgot how fast he was, Kiwi legend!!!.
And both Champions players.
Such a beautiful player.
A face from the past ⚡
How smooth were the tries back in those days 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
They were fuckin beautiful 🤣😂🤣✌🏾
This video helped me remember two things. Umaga without dreads, and that he played wing.
One of my favourite players of all time.
Enjoyed this tribute, a real go forward guy, could wrong foot everyone or set someone up for the try, after doing all the work. team man hard. Thanks for the memories Tana Umaga, one of our best and Cullen wasn't bad either. What a team they made for Wellington & the All Blacks.
What a Man. Tana and the Paekakariki express!
Genio
Wow. What a player and what supporting brilliance from others to help unleash his powerful running.
Ultimate tribute
forever captain
Thanks for putting that together..made my night! I love the guy..An Awesome All Black!!
I have a dream!!... live in New Zeland!
damm umaga was quick on the break and side steping one the the world's best
Speed and strength, what a player.
The best video quality you can ask for, nice appropriate choice of music, exceptional editing showing his defensive and captaining abilities as well as attacking. Make more.
Talented Genius
Legend of the game💯
Superb smart and raw powerhouse best leader such a legend
I would rate Tana Umaga NZ best centre of all time. Only he has the ability to punch holes and step making opponents look stupid. You The Man.
NOTHING BUT FINESE, LEGEND OF A MAN
Loved this. Thanks a bunch :) x
Tha man
LEGEND!!!
Master
Back when there was a crowd watching a super rugby game
Loved that combo of cully and tana
tana gave me such wonderful memories as a rugby fan the cake tin rocked ma a tana cully Jerry omg♥️♥️
I'm play loose forward I love to play alongside of this type of player. One of my favour onside of icemen MJ👍🌴
Tana Umaga and Jonah Lomu on the same team... That has to be illegal!
Gonzalo Muñoz add cullen and jerry on thier team and they still couldnt win a super rugby title 😂
wouldnt want to mess around with this kid
THAYOUNGBLOOD ya he’ll try to break your neck like he did Bod
Awesome player. Him and Chris Cullen and Lomu were the flippin dream team.
My all time favorite! No cap.
Power, pure Power.
Great video mate...keep them coming
Yes indeed, Wainuiomata proud.
We lived on pollard st, and the umaga whanau lived around the corner, not only that, we had the bass player from holiday makers live down our street before they formed. And the many other talented ppl from Wainuiomata.
Blimmin awesome I tell ya. You legend bro.
#EFFORTBRINGSREWARD
#WAINUICOLLEGERULES
I'm glad I lived in the era of tana when he turned captain I say was the beginning of the golden era for us we had Preaty mediocre captains b4 him after Sean Fitzpatrick
Great
Great / sound player pleased hes still in the game
Thank you for sharing this video. Great center and All Black. To the British Lions fans, Tana is a clean player, one unfortunate incident and you M. Wallace is still crying. In the Southern Hemisphere we bounce back up, not do a hollywood and lose a series. So ElliotJackRussel1 thank you.
Franklin Nanai Yeah right? Bounce back with a dislocated shoulder! Took two to do it! Utter scumbags!
Franklin Nanai I'm Irish and i don't begrudge a player trying to set down a marker in the ruck
Michael Wallace must have been a jealousy thing. BOD was the best centre, potentially of all time, and Tana didn’t like it. Shame as BOD was reaching his absolute prime at that time and it would have been good to see him face the all blacks with Wilko and co. Not saying it would have changed the result but just a real shame Tana tarnished his career for acting like a second rate pub player!
Some wonderful passes here
long live tana..
I'd have him at 13 in my all-time All Black XV.
HONORABLE UN SEÑOR
amazing all blacks ever! never seen this footage of Tana Umaga before/gosh amazing player......one of the many best of the best ever! add to Jona Lamu and others....all all blacks players are very passionate about the game and HAKA! lol
yeah except the haka is a maori dance and most of the great all blacks weren't/aren't maori including tana umaga and jonah lomu
Christopher Evans ...shut the f... up ..U egg he is the best allback..haka..and the meanest..
great coach to
One of the best
Umaga was truly a warrior. Even as a person. You can see thoughs eyes, dont fuck with him. Much respect
just saw him today..
un de mes favoris tana au meme titre que lomu
Mon idole
Need we say more!
Un Monstruo...
tO much brother
❤️❤️❤️
Hello. May I know what songs you used to compile this excellent tribute of Tana Umaga? Your help in helping me identify those songs would be most appreciated.
super tana cool man and power
3:38 wow this is excellence 😮
Salute ma cuz. Love u mate.
Great video! Umaga is great!
Tana. Contact Energy Health and Safety Advisor. Who wouldnt listen to him??? Great role model for us all...
Fierce.
日本もいよいよ強くなってきた！と思ったが、これを見ると次元が違うね。
クロスパスとかロングパスとか、フォワードの連携とか、素人が見ても分かる。
タナウマガの突破力も半端ない。
Brasil na área
He was a great defender In the midfield
queee jugador dio mio que centro
Legend!!!
I can see that if Tana starts to run that's it.
Easily one of the best wingers ever
he was a very good winger but he was one of the best centres ever. his ability to punch a hole through the middle of the defense line was special. teams had to have a plan to counter him, that was the easy part, the hard part was executing it for the whole match.
amancalledfroggy his defense is what I remember him for.
amancalledfroggy I always remember Umaga hitting holes well
Tana was good...but...he had a god awful 99 Wc. Didn't play in the 03 wc due to friendly fire injury with Nonu then was captain in 04. Got monstered by Marius Joubert in 04 tri nations game and Mj managed a hat trick that day. Look he was a very good player but not a great for me.
Vuile mouth
él mejor
Him plus nonu would make the best ever center combo
they were a midfield combo for a year or two at the hurricanes
タナウマガのスピード・ステップ・テクニック、スゴいな！！
全然レベルが違いスギる！！
the move at 3:40 wow! just wow!
the great combination was cullen and umaga- they produced magic.
Modern day backs, don't possess the creative genius like Tana and co. Double wraps, inside passes. Marshall, Forster, Merts, Carlos, Bashops, Clarke, Goldie, Dougie, Jonah, Rupeni, Cully , Rocokoko.
Late nineties the defences were not as organised as they are now which meant there was a lot more space for Umanga and Cullen to weave their magic.
not a NZ fan, but Umaga will be in my dream team alongside Danie Gerber and Habana ( in his prime ) on wing. Poison.
magical passing at 3:39
-So got my little sis eyes tested, and her first pair of prescript glasses on the spot around 18 months ago. (Didn't know we could ask for the script and look to buy elsewhere..skimmed a few threads here, need PD values and such).
-Bought the 2 pairs starting from $199 thing, one pair with the addons (transitions, anti-glare..), other pair was just back up at the time and no addons.
12 months later due for check-up (same store), Optom said her eyes got worse and suggest to get 'Multifocals' now - and another new frame..? (So she can see far when looking up, and clearer when looking down reading a book for example)
I asked what about these previous frames we bought last year - they said it'll cost more to fit new lenses than to buy fitted new!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Is this some sort of Sales tactic or where they make your eyes worse and and ask for most costlier solutions the next year?
I was thinking of getting the new Singular frames with new lenses like they suggested then, but decided to walk out and browse their styles online first.
Is it professional recommendation to go with Multifocals now instead of 2 for price of 1 (One for reading, One for looking far?)
6 months later (present day due to some personal delays) we are now wanting to buy her new glasses because her now current ones aren't working that good she says.
Should we book a new appointment - how many checks/visits are we covered under Medicare a year? (We already went for test earlier this year)
What 'arrangement/setup' of glasses do you have?
What is best combination to buy from Specsavers (or any other place)? Buy one frame and get it loaded with addons, or should we just buy 2 glasses like before, one every day, one backup (but both multifocals this time)
We have RACV rewards.
I saw new places I never heard of like Nelson Bailey doing 2 for $199 as well, and Oscar Wylee?
Also Zenni Optical.
/rant over...
Thanks and sorry I am totally unaware of much in Optical/consumer things.
a son of wind, windy umaga
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one of the best players
Malo uso that's the 1!!!
gz
Any1 know the name of the song at the start?
the spear tackle here that did O'driscoll? dirty grub
He was always a centre only played wing because he was still learning the game came from rugby league at 21yo
3:38 sick move
Even better when its against the Aussies!!
crochet , raffut pfff un monstre
Always galls me a bit when I see how he (and Keven Mealamu) are painted by northern hemisphere press, over the O'Driscoll tackle. That has blighted their reputations for 20 years (even if I'm sure both of them don't care) but no-one who's seen them play over the years, or played with or against them, seems to have a bad word to say about them. Sure, it was a horrible tackle, but it was instantly portrayed as deliberate and a way to nobble the Lions' secret weapon. I can understand why BOD would be livid about it, but the insinuations he carried on for years did him no credit at all.
スッゲー！周り解らない英語とか知らない外国語ばっかだしだけどウマガ最高❗️(笑)
samo
samon
Umaga is Usain Bolt of rugby