Daniel Carter (rugby player)

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Daniel Carter
Full name	Daniel William Carter
Date of birth	1982-03-05
Place of birth	Leeston, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m
Weight	91 kg
Rugby union career
Position	Fly-half, Inside centre
Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
2002-present	Canterbury	19	(161)
correct as of 7 August, 2006.
Super Rugby
2003-present	Crusaders	37	(474)
correct as of 7 August, 2006.
National team(s)
2003-present	New Zealand	35	(540)
correct as of 21 November, 2006.
Other Information
Occupation	Professional rugby union footballer
School  attended	Christchurch Boys High School

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 524 test points (16 tries, 96 conversions, 83 penalties, 1 drop goal). In the 34 tests he has played, he has only been on the losing team three times (statistics current 21/11/06).^{[citation needed]} He currently plays first five-eighths, having originally played second five-eighth. He is often referred to as simply Dan.

He plays for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and for Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup. Carter recently successfully landed a penalty from 62m against South Africa, one of the biggest kicks ever recorded in a test match.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

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 age 21 in Hamilton, scoring 20 points. He was then capped against France in Christchurch, which the All Blacks won 31 to 23. He was also a substitute in a match against the Wallabies in Sydney, which the All Blacks won 50 to 21. Carter was then included in New Zealand's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad for 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 to 7, and the wins over 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. 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, and has a legitimate claim to be the best fly-half in the world today Carter "underlined his status as arguably the best back in world not simply the world's best fly half he was named the 2005 IRB World Player of the Year. He also won the International Rugby Players Association Player of the Year award in 2005.

[edit] Personal life

.^[1] In November 2006, he released a book "Dan Carter". 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 modeling for jockey. He is labeled as the New Zealand version of David Beckham.

[edit] References

1. ^ Dan Carter - single, or not?. NZ Herald. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Daniel Carter at AllBlacks.com

Preceded by: Schalk Burger

IRB International Player of the Year 2005

Succeeded by: Richie McCaw

Dan is the man with the plan