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Dan Carter rates his own performance in first rugby game on NZ soil since 2015

By AAP
Dan Carter of Southbridge charges forward during the Ellesmere Premier Competition match between Southbridge RFC and West Melton RFC (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

Former All Blacks five-eighth Dan Carter gave himself a pass mark after his first game of rugby in New Zealand since 2015, but was not expecting to make a marketers' dream debut for the Blues next week against the Crusaders.

Carter surprisingly joined the Blues last month for Super Rugby Aotearoa but said he would need a few weeks to get up to speed and took his first tentative steps back on Saturday, playing for boyhood club Southbridge in a Canterbury club match.

DC's rates his return to NZ rugby: