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Dan Carter Profile |
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Birth Date: March 5, 1982
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Birth Place: Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Birth Name: Daniel William Carter
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Height: 1.78m
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Biography |
Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982 in Christchurch,
New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He has
currently scored a total of 540 test points (16 tries, 98
conversions, 87 penalties, 1 drop goal). In the 35 tests he
has played, he has only been on the losing team three times
(statistics current 02/12/06). He currently plays first
five-eighths, having originally played second five-eighth.
He is often referred simply as Dan.
He plays for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and for
Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup. In August 2006,
Carter landed a penalty from 62m against South Africa, one
of the biggest kicks ever recorded in a test match.
He was a member of the title-winning Crusaders Development
side in 2002, and was the top point-scorer for New Zealand
at the under-21 World Championship in South Africa, with 72
points, including 25 against England. He made his provincial
debut against Marlborough in 2002, and made his debut for
the Crusaders in 2003 against the Hurricanes. That same year
he made his All Black debut at age 21 in Hamilton, scoring
20 points. He was then capped against France in
Christchurch, which the All Blacks won 31 - 23. He was also
a substitute in a match against the Wallabies in Sydney,
which the All Blacks won 50 - 21. Carter was then included
in New Zealand's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia,
where he first gained serious international attention.
Carter spent much of the latter stages of the tournament on
the bench leaving New Zealand without a specialist
goal-kicker. Though he did play in the games against Italy
in Melbourne, which the All Blacks won 70 - 7, and the wins
over Canada & Tonga. Although he has been an All Black since
2003 he only secured a permanent position as the first
five-eighth in the team during the 2004 tour to the United
Kingdom and France. He had been playing as a second
five-eighths up until the end of the 2004 Tri Nations
Series. In November 2006, the book "Dan Carter" was
released. After Carter's stellar performance in the second
All Blacks test against the British and Irish Lions on the
Lions 2005 tour of New Zealand, he was hailed as the next
big thing in world rugby.He scored two tries, five
penalties, and four conversions. He ended the match with 33
points, smashing the previous All Blacks record of 18 points
in a Lions Test. In fact, Carter's second-half total of 22
points by itself would have given him that record. He is
recognised as one of the best fly-halves in the game.
In November 2006, he released a book Dan Carter: Skills &
Performance. It included stories about his relatively brief
international rugby career as well as section on skills for
younger players. Daniel Carter has also received attention
off the field due to his underwear modelling for Jockey. He
is tagged as the New Zealand version of David Beckham.
Carter will be the first person in the world to purchase a
PC shipped with Windows Vista, buying a laptop which will be
auctioned off for charity. |
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Other Information |
2004 Rebel Sport Super 12 Player of the Year
2004 Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year
2005 Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year
2005 IRB International Player of the Year
2005 International Rugby Players Association Player of the
Year Award |
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Ur such a great rugby playa i've got lyk 150 friends that are grls and they say that lyk they should strt a club anyway!!
xxxxjadee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arohanui.xoxoxo.
I went to the canterbury cursaders V waratah's game there & we clicked.
i wouldn't say that we a mutual connection but we loved the same things.
Dan is the most gifted rugby player the world has ever seen not to mention set hearts flying with his stints with jockey.
I'm a hard core dan carter fan to the bone.
He & i are the same age by seven months & were born in the same year not to mention we both love our sports. i've watched every single game that he hs played during his four year career
as an all black & crusaders player and watched him grow into a player that he will become. Dan Carter is the future of new zealand rugby.