Who is Dan Carter?

Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. Carter was born in a small town 10 minutes drive from the Carter family home in Leeston in the South Island of New Zealand. From the age of 5, he played with Southbridge Rugby Club as a half back and would go on to make representative teams for Ellesmere & Canterbury Country.

He attended Ellesmere College where he played mostly at first five-eighth, and then in his final year he transferred to the Christchurch Boys' High School to further his chances of making it big in rugby.

Carter played for the Crusaders (Super Rugby) in New Zealand and played for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever first five-eighth (fly-half) in the history of the game. He was named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year in 2005, 2012 and 2015 (equaling the record three awards of Richie McCaw) and has won three Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders, and nine Tri-Nations and Rugby Championships with the All Blacks.

Carter injured his groin while doing kicking practice during the 2011 Rugby World Cup but was a key member of the 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning team, becoming one of 20 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups. In the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final against Australia, he kicked four penalties, two conversions and a drop goal, and was named the man of the match.