Tana Umaga
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13 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 21 Apr
Tana Umaga’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The gap between, currently in terms of Samoan Tonga internationally,
to where we need to get to is very big.
And if we don't have opportunities like Moana to keep bridging that gap, then it's going to be tough.
In the last four years, Samoa just scrapped into the World Cup.
The previous cycle before that was Tonga.
If we keep going the way we're going, Samoa or Tonga might not make the next cycle of the World Cup.
But having opportunities like Moana Pacifica offers to these young players.
We've got some young kids out there that are playing that have played international rugby for Tonga but haven't even played NPC rugby.
And if they haven't got us, then they've got to go back to club rugby.
And so those international teams are picking kids from club rugby because that's the...
That's the level that are open to them.
To make rugby stronger, you've got to have these pathways and these opportunities for these players to learn how to be better professionals and how to play in high performance environments and play at the elite level.
And if that goes, then that makes it tough for those nations.
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