Umaga pondering comeback

HE’S got much more pressing matters on his mind in the coming days and weeks, but Brian O’Driscoll’s ears are sure to have pricked with the news from the other side of the world his nemesis could be eyeing a sensational return to international rugby.

Tana Umaga, the man who infamously ended O’Driscoll’s Lions captaincy before it truly began back in 2005, refused to rule out an All Blacks return last weekend and yesterday the groundswell of support for an unlikely Test comeback continued to grow.

Umaga, who will be 38 when this year’s Rugby World Cup rolls around in September, hasn’t played international rugby for almost six years.