Edited sentence: His abilities have been often said to be well beyond that of the average midfielder, as he possesses aspects evident of a loose fowards game and a mix of brawn and brain to which he uses to great effect.His rugby playing style has at various times been compared to that of Brian O Driscol, another centre wildly regarded as being a great,and has often resulted in debate over which of the two is the Worlds number 1 centre.New Zealand rugby fans have let their feelings felt over the retirement of Tana Umaga from the All Blacks squead.They feel that no centre at the moment rivals Umaga in terms of ability and have urged the country in getting behind persuading Umaga to return to the All Blacks for the 2007 Rugby World Cup to be held in France and the U.Umaga is worldly recognised as being one of the premiere centres currently and to have ever played the sport