Tana Umaga, the longtime star and first Pacific Islander captain of the New Zealand All Blacks is quitting international competition (though he'll still keep playing with two local teams), so in honor of his retirement, here's more rugby photos.
Umaga speeding up the field
Umaga celebrating a 2004 defeat of England
The victorious Grand Slam team, doing their pre-match Haka (warrior dance)
Banged and beaten up, and couldn't have won without him (Tana Umaga)
An exhausted Umaga and Jerry Collins
Tuiali'i and Laulala
Teammates Kaino and Latimer
All Blacks in the lockeroom (Muliaina on the left, Umaga on far right)
Sivivatu and Muliaina
Collins and Sooialo
The South African Springboks in action
South African Eddie Andrews in the lead
South African star Bryan Habana
South African Sevens sensation Mzwandile Stick flying with the ball
South African Fabian Juries avoiding a tackle
Britain's prettyboy star, Jason Robinson
Robinson doing his robot dance
Everybody in rugby has those tree trunk legs.
ReplyDeletelike, TANya? (Hi paddi)
ReplyDeleteOOOOOH YUMMMY, JOHN! thanks for this!
ReplyDeleteHello John,
ReplyDeleteJ'ai cru comprendre que tu parlais français. J'aimerais bien te joindre pour un truc précis - à quelle adresse mail je peux t'écrire ? je ne suis pas trop habitué aux blogs...
Merci d'avance.
Un lecteur parisien.
(allthechildrenplay@yahoo.fr)
Bernie, they do have huge legs. Keguro, they may be a bit more graceful at times than football players, but don't count the men of the gridiron out, especially the ones in the backfield, the linebacking corps, the pass defense.... Back to those tree-trunk legs--and they also wear such short shorts (but they could be even shorter)! Ryan, it's better than candy, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteOh!
ReplyDeleteI was on vacation. Missed the Rugby pics. I do admire the physique (that is a polite way of saying what I really mean!) and I am busy trying to figure out how to start playing here. I got the weight now. Just need the exercise.
Owesome to see photos on Tana,
ReplyDeleteHe is up there on my list of Honourable people. He's a captain who led his Team with pride and high standards!
Great model for families and Highly respected in and outside the field.
Malo lava Tana!