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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    Former All Black and loyal Crusader Dan Carter has been within a pen flourish of signing with the Blues before

    Former All Black and loyal Crusader Dan Carter has been within a pen flourish of signing with the Blues before


    It's understood the 38-year-old free agent might join the franchise for the start of Super Rugby Aotearoa this month in a player-mentor role.

    Here he is describing an incident from 2009, while promoting his film A Perfect 10 on Newstalk ZB last August.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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