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All Blacks legend Dan Carter has tipped Japan to reach the knockout stages of their home World Cup next year — and warned favourites New Zealand will not have it all their own way. The 36-year-old fly-half, who confirmed his stint in Japan would bring down the curtain on his glittering career, said the Brave Blossoms were capable of reaching …

Racing 92 have received a late blow just hours before kick-off in Saturday’s Champions Cup final against Leinster at the Stade Mamés Stadium in Bilbao with the news that Dan Carter has been ruled out. Dan Carter, who was named among the replacements for the Parisian outfit, has been ruled out of today’s final due to a hamstring injury he …

Leinster were told Friday to step up a gear against French club Racing 92 if they want to win their fourth Champions Cup final. “We have got to top our quarter-final and semi-final performance because we know we are going to have to go up another level to win tomorrow,” Leinster coach Leo Cullen said ahead of Saturday’s clash against …

Having only been introduced to the game as a late substitute, Dan Carter turned the Champions Cup quarterfinal on its head for Racing 92. Changing the game shortly after his second-half introduction, Dan Carter sent Twitter into meltdown in the final twenty minutes of Racing 92’s Champions Cup quarter-final with Clermont. With Racing trailing by a point in the 62nd …

Ronan O'Gara bigs up Beauden Barrett ahead of crunch Super Rugby game.

All Blacks great Dan Carter was fined just €1000 when he appeared in a French court on drink driving charges in October, according to recently released court documents AFP has seen. The 35-year-old two-time World Cup winner who plays at Paris club Racing 92 was arrested in February on charges that can carry custodial sentences of two years. Carter, who …

Many people believed that Dan Carter would have hung up his boots at the end of this season when his contract with Racing 92 expires.  However, the former All Blacks fly-half is set to continue playing professional rugby with Japanese Top League outfit, Kobelco Steelers. Carter was originally thinking of retiring but the summer break, in addition to him playing well …

Ronan O’Gara will continue his coaching career when he ups sticks to Christchurch in January to take on an assistant coaching role with the Crusaders.  The opportunity to work with someone like Scott Robertson and be in a club with such rich history and tradition was clearly too good to turn down and that’s not to mention the winning culture …

The 2015 World Cup winner is reportedly set to move to Japan once his contract at Racing 92 expires next summer.

Racing 92 interested in signing Scotland fly-half Finn Russell

112 caps for the All Blacks, 1598 Test match points, two Rugby World Cups, a series win over the British and Irish Lions in 2005, four-time Super Rugby champion with the Crusaders, two Top 14 titles with Perpignan and Racing 92, not to mention countless Rugby Championship / Tri-Nations victories.  Yep, there are few players in world rugby who have …

Sonny Bill Williams is one of those great rarities in professional sport. Someone who can adapt their skill set to succeed in a variety of sports but also have the mental edge and motivation to do so.  Williams, who has switched, on a number of occasions, between rugby union, sevens, rugby league and boxing, is, of course, currently plying his …

Dan Carter certainly has a high opinion of Jordie Barrett. With just over a week to go until the All Blacks face off against the touring British and Irish Lions, hype is hitting fever-pitch in New Zealand. The World Cup champions are expected to account for Warren Gatland’s charges at home, but have the disadvantage of playing just one warm-up …

With the Lions’ first Test against the All Blacks looming large on the horizon, the focus turns to the starters on the side. One of the most fascinating areas for the potential Test side is the midfield. However, it remains to be seen which approach Warren Gatland will take. Will he opt for a traditional centre or will he select …

The Lions dominant win against New Zealand’s leading Super Rugby side the Crusaders has led to an admission of nervousness and a rare apology from one of New Zealand’s most critical writers Chris Rattue, who has now targeted the All Blacks’ ‘frailties’ leading into the first Test. Rattue, who writes for the New Zealand Herald, gave Warren Gatland a rather …

Dan Carter scored 13 points for Racing 92 in their 27-23 defeat to rivals Stade Francais at the weekend.  The result leaves Racing in seventh, just one place away from securing automatic qualification to next season’s Champions Cup and a spot in the Top 14 playoffs. Their final fixture will be at home to Bordeaux-Begles and they know that a win …