He\u2019s also noted as the fastest player in New Zealand<\/a> by All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson<\/a>, who has observed the GPS stats of all Super Rugby players.<\/p>\n When Carter was asked about the fastest players he\u2019s faced on the circuit, four names came to mind.<\/p>\n \u201cCorey Toole for Australia, he\u2019s rapid. Marcos Moneta<\/a>, who\u2019s still in the Argie (SVNS) team, he\u2019s fast. Caleb Tangitau<\/a>, who I used to play with, he\u2019s rapid. Moses Leo<\/a> was the fastest in our team; he\u2019s rapid-rapid,\u201d Carter replied on The Aftermatch with Kirst & Beav<\/a>.<\/p>\n Carter wouldn\u2019t crown himself New Zealand\u2019s fastest 15s player, but said his time in the All Blacks Sevens team had helped him become the athlete he is today, not only physically, but mentally.<\/p>\n \u201cThe three years in the sevens definitely helped me,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Olympics were pretty huge; crowds were massive, a lot of pressure. You spend three years getting up to the Olympics. I guess you find little tools along the way, you learn from your mistakes, from those big occasions. But then it goes back to just trying to nail my week, and if I do that, then you\u2019ve just got to let go when you\u2019re on the field and whatever happens, happens.\u201d<\/p>\n Head-to-Head <\/p>\n Last 5 Meetings<\/p>\n Average Points scored<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Having made the call to try his hand back in the 15-man game for the 2025 season, Carter has maintained a nothing-to-lose attitude towards each of his opportunities at every level of the game. It was that attitude that laid the platform for an impressive All Blacks debut in round four of the Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the same mindset for me as my debut in Super: this could be my only shot, so give it everything and see what happens. I\u2019d rather fail pretty badly than just be passive.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I just went out there and tried to run, get my hands on the ball as much as I can, tackle hard, and whatever happens, happens.\u201d<\/p>\n That debut saw him square off with the world champion Springboks, and in particular, superstar winger Cheslin Kolbe<\/a>, something Carter described as a \u201ccrazy\u201d experience.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole week was pretty special. Got to the national anthem and then straight after that, I was thinking, \u2018Don\u2019t mess up the haka\u2019. And then after the haka, you\u2019re like \u2018Oh, now I gotta play 80\u2019. Not only play 80, but against the Springboks, marking Cheslin, arguably the best winger in the world right now.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was definitely being thrown in the deep end to see if I could swim, but it was pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n The debut came at a time of change on the All Blacks\u2019 wings, with Rieko Ioane<\/a> and Sevu Reece<\/a> falling out of favour, Emoni Narawa<\/a> and Caleb Clarke<\/a> injured, and Leicester<\/a> Fainga\u2019anuku only recently back in camp after two seasons in France. It didn\u2019t take long for Carter to make a starting wing berth his own.<\/p>\n Carter also didn\u2019t have to look far to see the difference between the All Blacks Sevens and the All Blacks environments: \u201cBigger bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere are some big boys running around in the ABs. But the whole operation is pretty crazy; big trucks roll up to training, all the kit, tackle bags, cameras and stuff. The management all have their own little job, it\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot more intense. You don\u2019t want to be in an All Blacks changing room when you lose a Test match. It\u2019s a pretty dark place.\u201d<\/p>\n Adding to the intensity are team meetings, where players are put on the spot, making hard training sessions almost feel like a reprieve in Carter\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n \u201cThe meetings are almost more nerve-wracking than the trainings. You get called out, stand up, and answer. At my first meeting in Argie, I got told to stand up to answer a question, and I just started sweating. I sat back down and thought, \u2018get me on the training field\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there are also times to switch off, we go out for dinners, catch up, which is important for those high-performance environments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leroy Carter\u2019s rugby journey has taken him to all corners of the globe and put him up against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-216198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760564349_36_808.png.webp\"\/)
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