Dan Carter
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Podcast Appearances
Are we still ranked second in the world?
I'm not sure.
I know and I love that.
I love the fact that if we're not number one then we're asking questions and challenging because we never...
want to accept that we shouldn't be number one, so it's a really exciting time.
New coaching groups, some new ideas, really try and connect as a group and play at a level that we know we're capable of, and we've shown in the last couple of years, but just trying to have that consistency to be able to sort of back it up week in, week out.
Once Richie stopped playing, they had to stop paying Richie.
All of a sudden they had freed up all this money to build beautiful facilities, new gym, new changing rooms, all the...
The backing staff working here, but yes year 2011 the devastating earthquake in February We just finished training and we're under that rickety old grandstand behind us.
So you've been out here I haven't actually been back here many times since You know since I finished playing at the Crusaders, but there's one memory that really sticks out especially in a weekend like this, you know such a
a special weekend for the city.
But yes, we were in that changing room sort of behind us in this old rickety grandstand and we quickly bolted out of that changing room out into the middle of this road.
Exactly, yeah.
Yeah, I think it really does.
That stadium solidifies that this city is well and truly back.
And to be honest, the last 18 months to 24 months, every time I've come back here, I've just felt the energy and the excitement and the smile.
And on the people's faces here, they're really positive and just a little bit happier.
And that's off the back of some really tough years.
Being a Cantab myself, I had certain frustrations.
Oh man, I wish...