Dan Carter primed to shine for New Zealand in first World Cup final | Owen Gibson
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The talismanic fly-half missed the All Blacks’ World Cup triumph four years ago and is set to play a key role in Saturday’s final at TwickenhamThe rhetoric was classic All Blacks stuff, about obsessively focusing on process and taking each moment as it comes. But Dan Carter’s ecstatic reaction at the end of New Zealand’s victory over South Africa at the prospect of his first World Cup final told a different story.Having missed out in 2003 and 2007, before also missing the cathartic 2011 victory with injury, the talismanic fly-half spoke of his excitement and “huge relief” at the chance to m…
