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Dan Carter: 'There will be some personal motivation going on there'

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New Zealand's fly half Dan Carter prepares to kick a conversion against England during the international rugby union test match between England and New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium, southwest of London on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Dan Carter has warned England that New Zealand will be fuelled by revenge when the nations clash for the first time since their dramatic 2019 World Cup semi-final.

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England stunned the holders by emerging 19-7 winners in one of the great victories in their rugby history and Carter insists that wound will have festered over the last three years.

The All Blacks great believes his former team-mates Aaron Smith, Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick will be particularly driven having been involved in previous World Cup triumphs.

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All three participated in 2015, with Whitelock also starting in 2011, and there are a total of eight survivors from the rivals’ last meeting,

“It’s been too long between games and that’s why I think this game is going to be an absolute cracker. That scarcity brings extra excitement,” Carter told the PA news agency.

“There’s also the extra excitement after what happened in 2019 when England completely outplayed the All Blacks. That hurt and will have hurt a lot of the players who are involved that day.

“When you have a defeat like that, the one thing you want to do is play against that opposition again, but we haven’t been able to do that for so long.

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“Knowing some of the players who were involved in that game, there will be some personal motivation going on there.

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“There are players who have been a part of successful World Cups for New Zealand in 2011 and 2015, so being part of a losing World Cup team really does hurt. They will have have an extra edge for this game.”

The All Blacks arrive at Twickenham with a six-Test winning run that helped clinch the Rugby Championship, but prior to that they lost six out of eight matches in a rare slump that led to calls for head coach Ian Foster to be sacked.

“New Zealand are building. It’s obvious that they’re not happy with their performances throughout the year, but they’ve had some fantastic games and shown what they’re capable of,” Carter said.

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“But every time you put on that All Black jersey the expectation is that you win every single game and more often than not, they do.

“So for them to have the win rate that they have this year is disappointing and they will be more disappointed than anyone.

“For them to to beat England at Twickenham in their last Test match of the year… it’s a huge game for them.

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“After this they will have a couple of months off so they need to win because there’s nothing worse than having a few rocks underneath your beach towel throughout the summer, especially leading into World Cup year.

“They will have targeted England in this autumn series and they will have been building towards it as if it were a World Cup final.”

:: Dan Carter will be covering this Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series match between England and New Zealand at 5.30pm exclusively on Prime Video, with coverage starting from 4.30pm.

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SK 2 hours ago
Broken hand or not, Richie Mo'unga is still New Zealand's best 10

Probably the best 10 in the world right now and his talents are confined to League one in Japan. What a shame. Would be a pleasure to see him play week in and week out for bigger teams especially the All Blacks. The fact that he is committed to League one for another year along with Frizzell is a clear indication of how happy these 2 are in Japan and is something for the AB’s to consider seriously. These players play fewer games per year than most players, have more time off and they are highly respected by the Japanese in the set up. The salaries are also great so its easy to see why so many SA, Aus and NZ players now call League One home. The AB’s have now for too long discarded players before their sell by date. This is especially true for players over 30 and players who leave the set up. This history of discarding players means that anyone that goes on Sabbatical or leaves now is seen as expendable and will have to come back and fight for their place. I was shocked when comments emerged from NZ that Jordie Barrett needs to come back and prove himself again especially as there are performers in Super Rugby stepping up. He has nothing to prove to anyone as he proves time and time again that he is world class whether in a Leinster Jersey or Hurricanes one. Also no new Super Rugby newbie will be able to replace the experience Barrett has at the international level so any talk of that is folly. Its the same with Richie Mo'unga and Frizell. You can understand why the AB’s keep the eligibility rules in place but lets be honest, the days of thinking that there is a ready made replacement ready to step up are gone so the pundits in NZ need to stop acting like many of their best are easily replaced. The gap between Super Rugby and international rugby has grown. Its time the AB’s face up to that reality or face up to the new reality of more sub par 70% win rate years.

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