Jacob Umaga
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8 July 1998
.jpg) Umaga with Benetton in December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Jacob Ionatana Falefasa Umaga 8 July 1998 Halifax, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kenilworth School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Mike Umaga (father) Tana Umaga (uncle) Thomas Umaga-Jensen (cousin) Peter Umaga-Jensen (cousin) Jerry Collins (cousin-once-removed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob Umaga (born 8 July 1998) is a professional Samoan rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Italian United Rugby Championship side Benetton.[1][2] A one-cap international for England in 2021, Umaga switched to represent the Samoan national team in 2025 qualifying on ancestry grounds.[3]
Umaga was born in Halifax.[4] His father, Mike Umaga, won 13 caps for Samoa, his uncle Tana Umaga played 74 times for New Zealand and captained the All Blacks, and his father's cousin was the late Jerry Collins.[4][5]
Umaga was educated at Kenilworth School and Sports College and played youth rugby for Kenilworth RFC.[6] He supports rugby league team Bradford Bulls.[7]
Club career
Umaga was originally a member of the Leicester Tigers academy but left to join Wasps at the age of eighteen.[8] He represented Hinckley RFC in National League 2 North during the 2016–17 campaign scoring five tries in eleven appearances, including an individual try at Preston Grasshoppers.[8] In 2018, Umaga was part of the Auckland squad that won the Mitre Cup.[5] The following year saw him loaned to Yorkshire Carnegie for the 2018–19 RFU Championship.[5]
In October 2020, Umaga scored a try for Wasps as they lost to Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership final to finish runners up.[9]
Umaga was made redundant along with every other Wasps player and coach when the team entered administration on 17 October 2022.[10] He instead signed a two-year deal with Italy region Benetton in the URC from the 2022-23 season.[11] His stay was later extended to 2026.[12]
