Since his outstanding debut against them in 2003, Dan Carter has faced the Welsh seven times. He has single-handedly out-scored them on six of those occasions…
21 Jun 2003 NZ beat Wales at Hamilton 55-3 (Carter scored 20)
20 Nov 2004 NZ beat Wales at Cardiff 26-25 (Carter scored 11)
5 Nov 2005 NZ beat Wales at Cardiff 41-3 (Carter scored 26)
25 Nov 2006 NZ beat Wales at Cardiff 45-10 (Carter scored 16)
22 Nov 2008 NZ beat Wales at Cardiff 29-9, (Carter scored 19)
7 Nov 2009 NZ beat Wales at Cardiff 19-12 (Carter scored 14)
19 Jun 2010 NZ beat Wales at Dunedin 42-9 (Carter scored 27)
(For the history buffs out there, Carter did not play in the NZ-Wales test in the 2003 RWC in Sydney.)
In these seven matches Wales has scored, on average, 10 points to Carter’s 19. The All Blacks altogether have averaged 36 points per test, but there’s no story there.
Carter has consistently scored nearly double the Welsh opposition over a period of 8 years. Last Saturday night in Dunedin he scored three points for every point they put on the board. (That’s two tries, four conversions, and three penalties.) And he only played 30 minutes of good rugby!
Has there ever been a better example of one player consistently outscoring an entire team in test rugby?
Filed under: All Blacks, Dan Carter, rugby, Wales
