Writing in the New Zealand Herald, Wallabies legend Nick Farr-Jones gives All Black fans grounds for optimism after the loss of their star fly-half to injury.
"You could have knocked me over with a feather when news reached Sydney yesterday that All Black Dan Carter had suffered a Rugby World Cup tournament-ending injury. At first I thought, 'They have got this wrong and mean just the one game against Canada.' But news item after news item was led by the confirmation even on league grand final day here across the Ditch.
"Texts started to flow as the reality of losing arguably the tournament's most valuable player began to sink in.
"And for all you Kiwis wondering how the news went down over this side of the Tasman, can I say sincerely that every Aussie I communicated with was genuinely saddened for Carter and the All Black team."
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