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'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 636 test points (21 tries, 111 conversions, 102 penalties, 1 drop goal) in 41 tests, at the outstanding average of 15.5 points a game. The All Blacks have only lost 4 games that Carter has featured in since his debut in June 2003 ^[1]. He currently plays first five-eighths, having originally played second five-eighth. He is often referred to simply as "Dan" or "DC".
Carter plays club rugby for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and for Canterbury at the domestic level in the Air New Zealand Cup. Carter's influence has helped the Crusaders to win consecutive Super Rugby titles in 2005-2006.

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Career

Junior

Provincial

International

Achievements

Personal life

See also

References

External links

Career

Junior

Carter 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.

Provincial

He made his provincial debut against Malaysia in 2002, and made his debut for the Canterbury Crusaders in 2003 against the Hurricanes.

International

In 2003, Carter made his All Black debut at age 21 in Hamilton, New Zealand, 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. However, 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 displacing Carlos Spencer ^[2]
His 19 test tries is a record for most tries scored by an All Blacks first five. In the modern rugby scene, he is widely recognised as one of the best "number 10s" in the game.
Carter has also made a lasting impact on how 1st five's are selected. He followed a succession of All Black 1st Fives' with defensive frailties, Fox, Mehrtens and Spencer. As the game became more professional these frailties were more noticeable and mercilessly exposed when the All Black forwards were only achieving parity. Carter is however defensively strong and in the rare occasions when the All Black pack has been on the back foot he has mostly stood strong on the tackle. Carter has weighed into the debate between Mehrtens and Spencer, allegedly saying that he prefered Spencer due to running abilites.
He is currently residing in Canterbury, where he plays for the provicial team, the Crusaders.

Achievements

★ 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

Personal life

In November 2006, he released a book ''. 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 ^[3].
Daniel Carter was first person in the world to purchase a PC shipped with Windows Vista, buying a laptop which was auctioned off for charity.^[4][5][6]

See also

★ High School Old Boys RFC

References

1. Playing Record of Carter
2. He had been playing as a second five-eighths up until the end of the 2004 Tri Nations Series. 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 (Carter's second-half total of 22 points by itself was sufficient to top this).
In August 2006, Carter landed a penalty from 62 m against South Africa, one of the biggest kicks ever recorded in a test match. All Blacks crush Boks
3. http://www.jockeyperformance.co.nz/
4. Daniel Carter To Buy World's First Microsoft Windows Vista PC And Auction It For Charity
5. NZ sees first retail edition of Windows Vista
6. Countdown to Vista, Office 2007 launch begins in Asia Martyn Williams

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