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Daniel William Carter is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who represented the Crusaders in Super Rugby and the All Blacks internationally as a fly-half. He holds the record for most points scored in international test rugby history, with 1,598 points, and won two Rugby World Cups with New Zealand, in 2011 and 2015. He was named World Rugby Player of the Year three times and is widely regarded as one of the greatest fly-halves in the sport's history. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1982 1
Career Highlight
Set the record for most points scored in international rugby union test history, 1,598 points, and won the Rugby World Cup with New Zealand in 2011 and 2015. 1
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Rugby Union, Sports
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1. Wikipedia, Dan Carter
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  • Lead section, Dan Carter
    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.
  • Lead section, Dan Carter (birth year)
    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.
  • Lead section, Dan Carter (achievement)
    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.
  • Wikipedia or cited reference, description lead (competition-category)
    Daniel William Carter is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who represented the Crusaders in Super Rugby and the All Blacks internationally as a fly-half.
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