Small-town New Zealand has a lot to be thanked for. Big city New Zealand, too, has done its bit in steering rugby's highest profile players away from trouble. It's not foolproof, clearly, but top rugby players in this country are mostly adept at managing to stay out of trouble. Carter, on the other hand, enjoyed a 15-year career in New Zealand as one of the game's purest players and athletes. In New Zealand, he was "Ali Williams, All Black" and at an unmissable 2.02m tall, he couldn't exactly sneak around.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2017 01:18 UTC