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MY LIFE IN PICTHERS… DAN CARTER

GOLDEN MOMENT

“I love this photo. Celebrating with some of my best friends. The highlight of my day. We’ve won (the World Cup final against Australia). It was a magical game, we celebrated on the field, and in this moment it’s just the team – no media, no fans, no family, no sponsors.

“It’s a big part of the reason I played the game, these moments straight after – sitting in the changing room, looking your team-mates in the eye after the hard work and sacrifice. We spent a few hours in that changing room celebrating and it was such a special time.

“You can see ‘Bill’ in the middle of the floor. Getting our hands on Bill was very special as we created history as the first team to win back-to-back World Cups and the first All Blacks team to win the World Cup outside New Zealand.

“It’s probably Ma’a Nonu who was leading the chants, the singalongs. I’m full of joy in a moment like this.”

OVERTAKING JONNY

“I knew I was on the verge of breaking Jonny’s (Wilkinson) record (for most Test points), but for me there was no celebration.

“The Millennium Stadium is

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