Dan Carter

Dan Carter

Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School	Ellesmere College; Christchurch Boys High
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby union footballer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Template:First five-eighth Template:Inside centre Template:Fullback Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1999-present Canterbury 34 (45) Correct as of 28 September, 2009 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2001-present Crusaders 82 (1,078)25t Correct as of 22 May, 2010 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003-present New Zealand 74 (1,118)28t Correct as of 21 August, 2010

Daniel William "Dan" Carter (born (1982-03-05)5 March 1982 in Southbridge, near Christchurch) is a New Zealand professional Rugby union player. In the 2009 northern hemisphere winter he played for USA Perpignan in the French Top 14 competition. In the 2nd half of 2009 he returned to New Zealand to play provincial rugby for Canterbury and the Crusaders in the 2010 Super 14 season. He is currently 2nd on the all time List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers and 1st on the list of top Super rugby point scorers. He attended Ellesmere College and Christchurch Boys High School.

Provincial

Carter kicking at goal for the Crusaders

Carter made his provincial debut for Canterbury in 2002, and in 2003 was selected to play in the Super 12 (now Super 14) franchise the Crusaders. Initially playing mainly at Template:Second five-eighth Carter reached the final of the competition with the Crusaders in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Although they lost the 2003 and 2004 finals, in 2005 Carter had moved to Template:First five-eighth. He regularly played with Andrew Mehrtens before Mehrtens left the team following their 2004 season. In 2005 and 2006 the Crusaders won the competition, and in the 2006 season Carter scored the most individual points for a player in one season with 221. In April 2008, Carter was linked with a possible move to the Welsh Magners League region the Cardiff Blues along with Guinness Premiership returnees Northampton Saints until being linked to play next season with French teams RC Toulonnais as well as Stade Toulousain who in April 2008 offered Carter "the biggest rugby contract in world rugby", at £750,000 per year. In June 2008, Carter made the decision to sign a six-month contract with French club side Perpignan, who then paid Carter the equivalent of £30,000 per game, during his sabbatical season. On 31 January 2009 Carter ruptured his achilles tendon playing for Perpignan against Stade Francais but they still managed to win the [Top 14]. He ended up recovering earlier than expected and played for his province, Canterbury, in the opening game of the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup. He then won selection to play for the All Blacks against Australia on the 22nd of August 2009 after only recovering for a few months. He is now the top scorer in Super 12/14 rugby history.

International

In 2003, Carter made his All Blacks 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 Australia (the Wallabies) in Sydney, which the All Blacks won 50–21. Carter was then included in New Zealand's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad, 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 and 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. He had been playing as a second five-eighths up until the end of the 2004 Tri-Nations. After Carter's performance in the second All Blacks Test against the British and Irish Lions in 2005, 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, passing 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). He has currently scored a total of 1,118 test points (28 tries, 192 conversions, 196 penalties, and 2 drop goals) in 74 tests, with an average of 15.0 points a game (the highest average for players who have scored more than 500 Test points). The All Blacks have only lost eight games that Carter has featured in since his debut in June 2003.

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Wales	Hamilton, New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Test Match	21 June 2003	Won
2	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Stadium Australia	Tri Nations	26 July 2003	Won
3	Italy	Melbourne, Australia	Docklands Stadium	Rugby World Cup	11 October 2003	Won
4	Tonga	Brisbane, Australia	Lang Park	Rugby World Cup	24 October 2003	Won
5	England	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	Test Match	19 June 2004	Won
6	Italy	Rome, Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Test Match	13 November 2004	Won
7	France	Paris, France	Stade de France	Test Match	27 November 2004	Won
8	Fiji	North Shore City, New Zealand	North Harbour Stadium	Test Match	10 June 2005	Won
9	British and Irish Lions	Wellington, New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Test Match	2 July 2005	Won
10	British and Irish Lions	Wellington, New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	Test Match	2 July 2005	Won
11	Wales	Cardiff, Wales	Millennium Stadium	Test Match	5 November 2005	Won
12	Wales	Cardiff, Wales	Millennium Stadium	Test Match	5 November 2005	Won
13	Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ferrocaril Oeste	Test Match	24 June 2006	Won
14	South Africa	Rustenburg, South Africa	Olympia Park	Tri Nations	2 September 2006	Lost
15	England	London, England	Twickenham	Test Match	5 November 2006	Won
16	France	Lyon, France	Stade de Gerland	Test Match	11 November 2006	Won
17	Canada	Hamilton, New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Test Match	16 June 2007	Won
18	Canada	Hamilton, New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Test Match	16 June 2007	Won
19	Canada	Hamilton, New Zealand	Waikato Stadium	Test Match	16 June 2007	Won
20	South Africa	Christchurch, New Zealand	Lancaster Park	Tri Nations	14 July 2007	Won
21	Scotland	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield	Test Match	23 September 2007	Won
22	England	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	Test Match	14 June 2008	Won
23	England	Christchurch, New Zealand	Lancaster Park	Test Match	21 June 2008	Won
24	South Africa	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands Stadium	Tri Nations	16 August 2008	Won
25	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Lang Park	Tri Nations	13 September 2008	Won
26	Wales	Dunedin, New Zealand	Carisbrook	Test Match	19 June 2010	Won
27	Wales	Dunedin, New Zealand	Carisbrook	Test Match	19 June 2010	Won
28	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Etihad Stadium	Tri Nations	31 July 2010	Won

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Personal life

In November 2006, he released a book entitled Dan Carter: Skills & Performance. It included stories about his relatively brief international rugby career as well as section on skills for younger players.
In 2004 and 2005, Carter was voted sexiest New Zealand male in a survey, receiving 35.7% of the vote in 2005.

In 2008 American Cable Channel E! Entertainment judged Carter to be 11th on their list of Sexiest Men in The World. In 2010, E! voted Carter the 3rd sexiest male athlete in the World.

Carter models for Jockey underwear on billboards worldwide. His girlfriend, Honor Dillon joined him in one campaign in 2009.

Daniel Carter was the first person in the world to purchase a PC shipped with Windows Vista. An advert for a company he co-owns was found to have a prima facie case of using inappropriate advertising including inappropriate advertising to children.

Achievements

• 2004 - Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year
• 2004 - Rebel Sport Super 14 Player of the Year
• 2005 - Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year
• 2005 - IRB Player of the Year
• 2006 - Rebel Sport Super 14 Player of the Year
• 2010 - Most super Rugby points in the world
• 2010 - Most points in Test matches for one country

Dan Carter also has the highest points average per test (16.1 points per test).

External links

• Crusaders profile
• The Official website of Dan Carter
• Daniel Carter at AllBlacks.com
• Dan Carter profile on itsrugby.co.uk
• Dan Carter Videos