Daniel william carter biography

New Zealand international rugby union player

For other people named Dan Carter, see Dan Carter (disambiguation).

Rugby player

Daniel William CarterONZM (born 5 March ) 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 BoardPlayer of the Year in , and ^[3]

Carter played for the All Blacks in their Rugby World Cup winning teams in both and , becoming one of 43 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups.

In , he captained the team against the French, shortly before he suffered a groin injury during the pool stage; in , he played during the entire tournament, including in the final against Australia, where he kicked four penalties, two con Dan Carter - Wikipedia REFA