Tana Umaga
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"Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa "Tana" Umaga", New Zealand Order of Merit/ONZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He played for the Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise)/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 (Rugby Union)/Grand Slam in 2005. At the end of 2005, after 74 Test match (rugby union)/Test Cap (sport)/caps (where he scored 36 tries), Umaga retired from international rugby. Umaga played four games in 2007 for the Wellington Rugby Union/Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup, to play 100 matches for the province, before taking up the position of coach at RC Toulonnais/Toulon.

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It's obvious that they understand our power out wide, which is why they try to stop the supply getting out there. We still believe we can get the ball wide.

We lost that one in Cape Town and that's in the back of everyone's mind, and being at home we want to do well.

We were lucky to hold them out and get what we got but we're happy with it. We created a lot of things again and again they lived off our mistakes. It's the way they've been playing and it's obviously successful for them.

But when we were under pressure we showed character to hold on. In the last 20 minutes some questions were asked of us and we came up with the answers.

If we make breaks we need to finish them off. We need to be clinical enough but also composed enough that if the opportunity's not there, then we have the patience to attack where they are weak again.

The scoreboard reflects exactly how close this game was.

It's day by day at the moment, ... I'd like to be running by tomorrow to give me and the team an indication of where I am and whether I will be okay to play.

We haven't changed our message.

If we make breaks we need to finish them off.