Tana Umaga - The Wellington Lion

Tana Umaga was a beast of a rugby player. He had the right combination of size, strength and speed to threaten any opposition back line. He had skills too... He could spot a gap when there wasn't one, had beautiful hands and could finish better than most with a wicked side step.
He is one of the greatest All Blacks of all time.
Enjoy and thanks for watching!

[@brianasa8483]

The lines taken by Cullen and Umaga were devastating to any defence line...absolute beauty

[@tomdotcomproductions5163]

Cullen was sassy as..🔥🔥😂 he would rip teams apart in this era if he was still in his prime..so good to watch

[@joshuagibbs2415]

Yea man those lines... damm

[@monicawells5402]

It wasnt just his skills and athletic ability. He was a very clever player, quick to react and when he got older and lost some of his speed he was able to transition into a world class mid field player as well as All Black captain. A true All Black legend.

[@zabaleta66]

Hear hear!

[@Endeavour02]

100% if he played his whole career in the midfield I think he would have been the best 12/13 ever against stiff opposition Horan little BOD etc. I still have him at 12 in my all time ABs team

[@kikia6611]

Tana, one of the greatest rugby players.

[@truckeemick2486]

Wicked timing . And him and Cullen turned any defence inside out with speed , timing and magical play .

[@keogan]

uuuu umaga, uuuuu unaga, Thanks Tana for all you magic.-

[@geoffspitfire5160]

Id forgotten how good Tana was. Great video thanks.

[@nzsoulman]

Played at another level as test captain - was the best player on the field, others played centre for longer, but those couple of years before he retired from test rugby while he was captain he was the best player around.

[@nzsoulman]

I remember watching him thinking it wouldn't matter what position he played. He made the AB pack including a young McCaw look tame

[@DaWolfaa]

A solid 10 minutes of this also showcases how awesome Cullen was as an attacking 15.

[@miketewhare1875]

Great player and always alert .also his support play is outstanding .best AB captain

[@theephraimite]

Very strong, that if Tana was 3 inches taller and 30 pounds heavier, he would have been harder to stop. Not to mention the skills. And when he ran, it was like, "If you don't take me down, I'm gonna keep going." I miss the old way of playing rugby. I wish we could return. Edit: Rvstng here. Wednesday aft - December 22, 2021.

[@mrt4449]

Tana was 6'2 100kgs pretty much the standard for centre these days. I can't think of any decent centres running around at 110kgs or heavier specially at an international level..

[@fahveye]

he said himself that he was far too sluggish when he showed up to his first abs training at 110 and had to drop because he wasn't nimble enough

[@zabaleta66]

Same!

[@Olivierstreet]

Such a well balanced runner, such great lines!!

[@teresaniumata2742]

Has to be God given talents well done to all of you.Thank you for the entertainments Amazing Beautifuf and those smiles from you boys really show you are professional players.God bless.from Sydney Australia.

[@ghostcrabman]

The PS2 game ESPN Rugby back in 2000 had the Umaga era NZ squad. Umaga was awesome to control as a player. Ran holes through teams.

[@julianalderson6996]

they say timin is everything. an fulla could takle, just cheers for abs an thanx heaps for hurricanes lions, love em!

[@sandroruger6785]

i remember being him being the best all black while i grew up

[@user-oy1mb1sg6y]

世界で一番かっこいいと思える選手です！

[@julianalderson6996]

he could tackle too" love em

[@jnadler6586]

It was either straight run or a step off the right foot. Who else would run such amazing lines? Top of the class!

[@rh5466]

I have appreciation for Real Rugby.

[@daniel51020]

Tana Umaga: What an All Blacks legend!

[@cjd8ven528]

The Wainuiomata Legend💪🇼🇸

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Cullen. Involved again. Flippin heck they made a good team.

[@Anonymous-ss1ee]

Once Tana Umaga starts to run that's it. He can really run. I love it when he start running.

[@logchopproductions3421]

awesome footage

[@RealRugby]

Thanks!

[@icantremember7864]

this is amazing. thanks for sharing

[@pjpomare3598]

Great Channel

[@RealRugby]

Thanks!

[@dineshatapattu3564]

Cullen and Umaga. Two magicians.

[@zabaleta66]

What a great player! When you talk about great AB wings and centers, at first his name doesn't spring to mind as readily as a few (and I mean a very few!) others but if you were to pick a team for an absolute must win game....he'd be one of the first names selected!

[@actiaint]

ooooo aaaaaah Umaga!

[@archeantusla6267]

That Cullen Umaga combo was deadly

[@yesbutno3450]

Umagas chemistry with Cullen was a force to be reckoned with.

[@georgeherewiimi7573]

Awesome trys Tana and Cully could step dummy and had gas to burn some great memories

[@allblacks4729]

acceleration over first 10m was fastest i seen, thats what takes him away from defenders, great step too,

[@truckeemick2486]

james bomb; he repeatedly comes onto the ball at speed and with perfect timing . cant be beat .

[@KernowekTim]

A Great All Black and Wellington Lion . Made the near impossible seem easy. The only blot on his copy book was the O'Driscoll incident.

[@kingkongdingaling2411]

This ain't tiddlywinks mate 🤭

[@potterj09]

Tana is when a Predator Warrior gets tired of hunting commandos and wants a new challenge. He literally looks like he's from a different time, place, or even planet.

[@toasamoa8381]

Best centre ever out of nz rugby

[@davidbradley3227]

Great player and equally great as a bloke. Belted Chris masoe in 06 with a random ladies handbag while having late night drinks in chch. Masoe was causing a ruckus with another bar patron and tana shut him down. The lady got over 20 grand in auction when she sold the bag online

[@jameslovering9158]

Did I hear "Smiley Barret" :-)

[@pixelpotato4874]

James Lovering you did, Beaudens old man was a bit slower 😂

[@DrAAAli]

Who would have known that mans sack was carrying three magnificent All Blacks!

[@kronos3037]

@@DrAAAli 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomdotcomproductions5163]

For get how far ahead the all blacks were with those plays in that era .. 🔥🔥🔥 #cullenUbeast

[@MMRS007]

Legend

[@julianalderson6996]

cullin n tana"

[@teebrinner5939]

Rugby so much better back then

[@julianalderson3938]

He hits,

[@roydenyoung2390]

💪🏽🌪

[@miloperasso8808]

Good!!! Can you please make a video of waisale serevi?

[@BigBry4n]

his power level growd as his hair gets longer

[@sherrifrua]

20:50 incase you want a replay👌

[@julianalderson3938]

Last i saw him play few years back. Got penalised for high. Wasent just refs freak out when he tackles.

[@luchiboy]

Barrett sets up try for Umaga @ 3:15

[@salan3507]

Nobody would guess that Smiley would end up having 3 sons in the ABs at the same time.

[@mangukaharpg3699]

Shit I was gonna say ay is this the wallabies at the start

[@albertstone1545]

Umaga is the best wingers of all time

[@duncanidaho9492]

carl du plessis

[@josephpaerau4743]

Fill Tia Tia

[@bettyholtz4093]

He should be bared for live

[@MaidenNZ76]

#THELIONCANE #WAINUIOMATAPROUD

[@nickngaronoa6955]

great vid,great games,great player,coach?not so great

[@blair3886]

3:15 Kane Barrett's dad

[@kikia6611]

And Beauden, Scott, Jordie...

[@luchiboy]

Umaga or Brian O'Driscoll? For me Umaga had all the attributes more complete player than Brian. Not much better. Subjective

[@scw3017]

And now coaching the Blues where careers go to die.

[@emersontaylor8218]

haha. this comment aged well!

[@TheGabrielbowater]

lol literally black and white

[@brianbrennan5112]

Lost all respect for him after BOD incident! And what's with all the tongue stuff ruining the haka