About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Tana Umaga, Ross Taylor, William Alington, William Toomath, Iain O'Brien, Jonathan Hunt, Alan Loney, Ruth Dyson, Lyn Philp, Mark Brown, Craig Henderson, Nick Willis, Aaran Lines, Bruce Morrison, James Bannatyne, Sarah Jane Parton, Ben Matulino, Neemia Tialata, Ross Filipo, Gareth Hopkins, Jack Afamasaga, Scott Waldrom, Peter Hogg, Craig Bradshaw, Lucy Doolan, Emily McColl, Lloyd Jones, Allan Hewson, Dick Dunn, Cory Jane, Humphrey Ikin, Damon Trigger, Ron Jarden, Jon Trimmer, John Leslie, Geoff Dolan, Damien Wilkins, Andy Leslie, Craig Foss, Peter Mulgrew, Arthur Trousdell, Michael J. Horton, Trish McKelvey, Jonathan Wyatt, Heath Davis, Justin Va'a, Richard Reid, Jamie Frater, Simon Mannix, Jenny Bornholdt, Tim Beaglehole, Ron Hart, Ross Collinge, Jayne Parsons, Michael Kenny, Geoff Bellingham, Nicole Gordon, Russell Brown, Murray Burdan, Peter Taylor, Anthony Rohrs, Haylee Partridge, Carmel Clark, Laurie Gallen. Excerpt: Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZM (pronounced, Samoan: born 27 May 1973 in Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He played for the Hurricanes starting with the 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 21 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, in order to play 100 matches for the province, before taking up the position of coach at Toulon. His coaching future was uncertain in the 2008-09 season, as Toulon was a poor performer in the first half of th...
