Benetton confirm signing of former Wasps fly-half Jacob Umaga

Benetton Treviso have announced the signing of former Wasps fly-half Jacob Umaga until 2024.

A product of Leicester Academy, Umaga joined Wasps at the age of 18 and went on to make his senior debut with the club in 2016. He also featured for Auckland in 2018 when they won the Mitre 10 Cup and was loaned to Yorkshire Carnegie in 2019.

His contract with Wasps became redundant after the Coventry based club went into administration last month.

“This is a great rugby and life opportunity for my girlfriend and me. We will live in a beautiful part of the world being able to play in a first class club," he told the club's official website.

"It is also an opportunity for me to start over with a new club and face a new challenge with new teammates and I am looking forward to it.

“There were several reasons that led me to make this decision, among them: the fact that I will play in the URC with a team made up of excellent players with great potential and that I will find Andrea Masi who trained me at the Wasps in the academy.

"In addition, the presence in the team of some players with whom I played together with the wasps helped me make this decision. I arrive in Treviso with the aim of putting the team in the best possible position in the league.”

Benetton are at 11th place in the United Rugby Championship table with three wins from seven matches.