Three years from his only England cap, the former Wasps fly-half longs to represent the country of his father.
The challenges of the Pacific Islands nations, as well as Chile, Georgia, Uruguay, Namibia and Romania are acute but help is at hand
It has been a difficult few weeks for Jacob Umaga and Wasps are sticking up for him after he took drastic action on social media.
The combined Pacific Islands team toured on three occasions in the 2000s and Mike Umaga believes the time is ripe for restarting the concept.
Umaga is the son of Mike, the former Samoa international and rugby league player, and the nephew of Tana, the ex-All Blacks captain.
The son of ex-Samoa star Mike and nephew of former All Black Tana will now fly out to Portugal on Wednesday for a week’s warm-weather training ahead of England’s February 2 opener in France.