All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter goes back to his Christchurch Boys High roots alongside the DailyTelegraph's Mark Reason.
"It is almost impossible to understand how big rugby is in this long and lovely land. Boys High has 125 sports coaches. The match against local rivals Christ College is televised and the parents are breathalysed before being allowed into the ground.
Andrew Mehrtens, Aaron Mauger, Colin Slade, Stephen Brett, almost every recent New Zealand fly-half went to Boys High, including, of course, Carter. But, in 1999-2000 season, he was a loser. That was the last time Boys High were beaten by Christ's College and Carter still feels the pain.
He ranks the anguish of the defeat not far behind New Zealand’s World Cup losses in 2003 and 2007. “I was devastated,” he says. “Some of my my team-mates were in tears. They were distraught. It was hard to go back to school the next day.”
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