Dan Carter

Carter turns to Heineken Cup

IOL (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter heads the list of overseas players giving extra depth and glamour to the Heineken Cup kicking off this weekend.

Carter heads overseas contingent in Heineken Cup

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter heads the list of overseas players giving extra depth and glamour to the Heineken Cup kicking off this weekend.

PREVIEW-Rugby-Carter heads overseas contingent in Heineken Cup

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter heads the list of overseas players giving extra depth and glamour to the Heineken Cup kicking off this weekend.

Byron backs Carter's French connection (video)

22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Former All Black halfback Byron Kelleher believes Dan Carter's French sabbatical with Perpignan will prove just the mid-career tonic that the world-class five-eighth might need.

Kelleher backs Carter’s French fling

Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Former All Blacks scrumhalf Byron Kelleher believes Dan Carter’s spell at French Top 14 side Perpignan will make him a better player. Carter has signed a short-term contract with Perpignan and Kelleher, in his second season with Toulouse, believes the experience will invigorate him. “I’ve wound him up about having to learn Catalan and how [...]

Heineken Cup desperate for Dan Carter

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Perpignan's Dan Carter will help lift a tournament that has lost its way.

Heineken Cup preview: Pool Three

Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

... whilst Leicester will be a tough nut to crack under Heyneke Meyer. But the team to watch, with Dan Carter pulling the strings, will be Perpignan - no team with Carter in will be bad and the Catalan boys will fancy a dark horse run to the final, as long as they can pick up the points they need before Carter arrives. Players to Watch: Leicester Tigers: It took Aaron Mauger a...

Toulon too long in the shade

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Jerry Collins and Joe van Niekerk. Club officials do not deny that, after Perpignan offered Dan Carter €633,000 for a six-month contract, preliminary contact was made with Jonny Wilkinson's advisers.Amid all this instability sits Umaga, a relative coaching novice who, reportedly, is about to be replaced by the former Wallaby coach John Connolly. In many ways Toulon epitomise the costly craze...

Refocused and ready for the challenge

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Refocused and ready for the challenge 1/2 Dan Carter will try to deliver to Perpignan what he has managed to bring to the All Blacks. Acceleration, a side-step and instincts that allow him command games bring a rare completeness to his game.INTERVIEW DAN CARTER: Johnny Watterson gets the views of All Black and new Perpignan outhalf on his decision to take a 'sabbatical' in France.JONAH...

Hook vows to deliver Euro glory

icWales (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

JAMES HOOK has warned the rest of Europe the Ospreys are the team to beat in this season’s Heineken Cup and told world rugby’s biggest star Dan Carter to prepare to get mashed.

Perpignan missing top players in the Heineken Cup

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Perpignan, who have signed Dan Carter at great expense to play in their last four pool games and then, hopefully, take them all the way to the final, will be without former Leicester No 8 Henry Tuilagi for their opening game at home to Treviso on Friday. Tuilagi is expected to be out of action for two months after breaking an arm.

• Perpignan lose Tuilagi for H-Cup - Planet Rugby