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.jpg) Carter in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Daniel William Carter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 March 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leeston, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Christchurch Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Bill Dalley (great uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel William Carter ONZM (born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. Carter played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby,[1] and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever first five-eighth (fly-half) in the history of the game.[2] He was named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year in 2005, 2012 and 2015.[3]
Carter played for the All Blacks in their Rugby World Cup winning teams in both 2011 and 2015, becoming one of 43 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups. In 2011, he captained the team against the French, shortly before he suffered a groin injury during the pool stage; in 2015, he played during the entire tournament, including in the final against Australia, where he kicked four penalties, two conversions, and a drop goal, and was named the man of the match. He also won three Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders, and nine Tri-Nations and Rugby Championships with New Zealand.
- ^ "BBC Sport – New Zealand humble South Africa". BBC News. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "Dan Carter | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Daniel Carter named World Rugby Player of the Year 2015". Retrieved 12 March 2018.