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- Mana_Otai abstract "K. Manakaetau F. 'Otai (born 21 September 1968) is coach of the Tonga national team (ʻIkale Tahi (Sea Eagles)). He was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland and played club rugby in Auckland. His playing position was as flanker (No 8). Otai represented Tonga, being capped for the first time on 11 February 1995 against Japan at Nagoya. Otai was the Tongan team captain in the 1995 Rugby World Cup competition, in which he scored a try. Otai was an All Black trialist in 1994.In September 2012, he was named head coach of the Tonga national team, taking over from Toutai Kefu, who was acting head coach for the ʻIkale Tahi at the time. His two-year contract would see Otai through to 3 September 2014, and a possible re-sign is allowed based on his performance until then.His first match in charge was a 28–23 loss to Italy during Tonga's 2012 European tour. His first win came a week later, a 22–13 win against the United States, which was backed up by a first-ever victory for Tonga over Scotland, running out 21–15 victors. His maiden IRB Pacific Nations Cup ended with Tonga finishing third with two wins from four; a 27–17 win over Japan and an 18–9 win over the United States. However, Tonga's final game in the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup (a 34–21 loss to Fiji), started a six consecutive streak without a win. This included a winless 2013 European tour, consisting of a loss on a first-ever meeting against Romania, and back-to-back losses to Tier 1 nations France and Wales. An 18-all draw against Samoa and another loss to Fiji in the 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup saw them finish last in their conference, before Otai earned a win - 36–14, in an uncapped match against the Pacific Barbarians.In August 2014, it was announced that the Tonga Rugby Union would not be re-signing his two-year contract, despite it being reported that Otai had been working hard to finalize players that would be available to play for the Tonga on their 2014 European Tour in November, and the 2015 Rugby World Cup. However, on 24 September 2014, following negotiations between the International Rugby Board and the Tonga Rugby Union, it was announced that Mana Otai would remain as head coach for Tonga's 2014 European Tour with another chance to redeem himself on the tour, which included matches against Georgia, the United States and Scotland. Ahead of their tour, Mana Otai brought in former South African World Cup-winning coach, Jake White, to his coaching set-up, to act as a technical advisor to Mana.White and Otai led Tonga to 2 from 3 wins during their 2014 European Tour. The tour began with a 23–9 victory over Georgia, which included a late serge off tries during the closing quarter to secure the win. The following week, Tonga kept their 100% win rate intact against the United States, winning 40–12 in Gloucester. The 'Ikale Tahi were praised heavily for their defensive abilities in their opening two matches of their tour, keeping Georgia tryless completely and the United States tryless in the second half. But Tonga were also praised for their new attacking flair, and with hand in ball, with some people expecting a first ever clean sweep on European tour heading into the final match against Scotland. Despite the first half being a close 14–12, Scotland ran away with the match in the second half, scoring a further 3 tries to win 37–12. The Tonga Rugby Union were encouraged by the tour, re-signing Mana Otai contract to see him through to the end of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.During the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, Tonga finished third at the end of the tournament. They opened with a match against Fiji in Suva, losing 30–22, before going onto beat Canada 28–18 and the United States 33–19. They beat Japan 31–20 in the 3rd Place play-off to claim third place. Otai later led Tonga to two victories in their 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, beating English club side Nottingham 69–14, before beating Romania for the first ever time in Bucharest 21–16".
- Mana_Otai birthDate "1968-09-21".
- Mana_Otai birthYear "1968".
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- Mana_Otai wikiPageRevisionID "680479845".
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- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink 2015_Rugby_World_Cup.
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink 2015_Rugby_World_Cup_warm-up_matches.
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink 2015_World_Rugby_Pacific_Nations_Cup.
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink Auckland_Rugby_Football_Union.
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink Bucharest.
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink Cap_(sport).
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- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink Category:1968_births.
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- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLink Tonga_Rugby_Union.
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- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mana 'Otai".
- Mana_Otai wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mana Otai".
- Mana_Otai before "Toutai Kefu".
- Mana_Otai birthDate "1968-09-21".
- Mana_Otai dateOfBirth "1968-09-21".
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- Mana_Otai name "K.Manakaetau F. 'Otai".
- Mana_Otai ruCoachclubs Auckland_Rugby_Football_Union.
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- Mana_Otai ruCoachyears "2009".
- Mana_Otai ruCoachyears "2012".
- Mana_Otai ruNationalcaps "5".
- Mana_Otai ruNationalteam Tonga_national_rugby_union_team.
- Mana_Otai ruNationalyears "1995".
- Mana_Otai ruPosition Flanker_(rugby_union).
- Mana_Otai shortDescription "Tongan rugby union player".
- Mana_Otai title Tonga_national_rugby_union_team.
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- Mana_Otai years "2012".
- Mana_Otai description "Tongan rugby union player".
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- Mana_Otai subject Category:1968_births.
- Mana_Otai subject Category:Auckland_rugby_union_players.
- Mana_Otai subject Category:Living_people.
- Mana_Otai subject Category:New_Zealand_rugby_union_players.
- Mana_Otai subject Category:People_educated_at_St_Peters_College,_Auckland.
- Mana_Otai subject Category:Tongan_emigrants_to_New_Zealand.
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- Mana_Otai hypernym Coach.
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