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Tana Umaga fact file

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.
NZPA