That match, the final of the 2015 World Cup, was to be Carter\u2019s crowning glory. However, many consider his 33-point contribution in the second test of the 2005 British and Irish Lions<\/a> series to be the best individual match performance ever.<\/p>\n Very few accolades have passed him by. Carter is a three-time recipient of the World Rugby Player of the Year award, and in 2023, he was named in World Rugby\u2019s Hall of Fame. Yet in his own household, Carter is just plain old dad to his four sons, the oldest of whom, rugby-mad Rocco, innocently gave him one of the most humbling moments he\u2019s ever had.<\/p>\n All Blacks legend Dan Carter remembers the biggest kicks of his rugby career | RugbyPass<\/p>\n Speaking in the next issue of Rugby Journal, which is out on Friday, Carter laughed at his own expense when he recalled: \u201cIt\u2019s funny, because to my kids, I\u2019m just their father, so I might tell them something, their coach will say the exact same thing, and then they\u2019ll listen to the coach more than they\u2019ll listen to me.<\/p>\n \u201cA year or so ago,\u201d he continued, \u201cmy now twelve-year-old son asked if I could find him a kicking coach, maybe Richie Mo\u2019unga or Beauden Barrett<\/a>, to help with his kicking.<\/p>\n \u201cMy wife just burst out laughing. That\u2019s the beauty of being a parent. After about thirty seconds, he did say, \u2018actually, you know something about kicking, don\u2019t you?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI can try to help, but they don\u2019t really want to listen, and I kind of enjoy that.\u201d<\/p>\n In a wide-ranging interview, Carter talks about his struggles post-playing and about the need to find a new purpose in life.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just looking after my four children,\u201d he says of his current main role. \u201cThey\u2019re four, six, ten and twelve, and actually I\u2019m just loving having the weekends back again.<\/p>\n \u201cYou kind of forget what it\u2019s like, because when you play, your weekends are just dictated by rugby, even on a Sunday, you\u2019re tired, beaten up from a game, so it\u2019s actually nice to have your weekend to just chill with the family and play Uber drivers for their sports.<\/p>\n \u201cNow you\u2019re on the sidelines of junior rugby,\u201d said Dan. \u201cI do a little bit of coaching, I\u2019m not the head coach, I just kind of fill in wherever I can.<\/p>\n \u201cI refereed a few games, you know, like under-8s; some of the sideline parenting was horrible at times. But yeah, if I had a whistle in hand, I felt like I knew a little bit more about rugby than they did, so they tended to shut up when I was reffing.\u201d<\/p>\n Fittingly, Carter\u2019s career ended on a high note, as he added the Top League title in Japan<\/a> to his three Super Rugby titles and two titles in France, before his time at Kobelco Steelers came to an end.<\/p>\n![\"Video](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/spacer-new.png\")
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