Key facts and figures about Tana Umaga, who announced his retirement from international rugby today.
Full name: Jonathan Falefasa Umaga
Born: May 27, 1973, in Lower Hutt
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 101kg
Position: centre/ second five-eighths
Rugby club: Petone
Province: Wellington
Super 14 team: Hurricanes
All Blacks debut: June 14, 1997, v Fiji at Albany
Last test: November 26, 2005, v Scotland at Edinburgh
Total All Blacks tests: 74 (21 as captain)
Total All Blacks test tries: 36
1992: represents Junior Kiwis in rugby league before switching to rugby union
1994: makes senior debut for Wellington; represents New Zealand Colts
1997: scores 12 Super 12 tries -- the most by a New Zealander in a season
1999: scores a hat-trick of tries against touring France; appears in World Cup in Britain
2000: switches to centre after playing first 17 tests on the wing; named New Zealand player of the year
2003: becomes first New Zealander to win Pierre de Coubertin Trophy for fair play after attending to Welsh captain Colin Charvis when he was knocked out during a test; injures his knee against Italy in first match of the World Cup and misses rest of the tournament
2004: becomes the first Samoan New Zealander to captain the All Blacks in a test
2005: leads All Blacks to a 3-0 series win against the British and Irish Lions, the Tri-Nations Trophy, the Bledisloe Cup and grand slam against Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland; winning 11 of 12 tests in the season.
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