Tana Umaga Quotes


Tana Umaga

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.

We haven`t changed our message,

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.

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.

The Lions tour will be the biggest thing to hit New Zealand since Lord of the Rings.

The scoreboard reflects exactly how close this game was,

If we make breaks we need to finish them off.

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.

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,






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