Dan Carter

ISPS HANDA Ambassador

In my career as a professional rugby player I have witnessed first-hand the power of sport to change individuals, communities and nations.

As a young child growing up in New Zealand, I was inspired by the sporting role models that went before me, so it is with great privilege and pride that I can now encourage and assist the next generation as an ISPS Handa ambassador.

Biography

Daniel William Carter ONZM is one of New Zealand’s most respected sportsmen.

Dan played for the All Blacks, New Zealand’s national rugby team from 2003 – 2015 and is the highest point scorer in test match rugby. He is considered by many experts as the greatest ever fly-half in the history of the game and is a Rugby Centurion with 112 international caps. He currently plays for Kobelco Steelers in Japan.

Among Dan’s many accolades, he was named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year in 2005, 2012 and 2015, has won three Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders, and nine Tri-Nations and Rugby Championships with the All Blacks. Carter injured himself in 2011 during the 2011 Rugby World Cup but was a key member of the 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning team, becoming one of only twenty dual Rugby Union World Cup winners. In the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final against Australia, he successfully kicked four penalties, two conversions and a drop goal. He was named the Man of the Match and was awarded the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2015.

In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby. Dan is married to Honor and has two young sons, Marco and Fox.