Carter confident of facing France at rugby World Cup

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

CARDIFF (AFP) — New Zealand star Daniel Carter reckons he'll know at least a day before Saturday's kick-off in the World Cup quarter-final against France if he'll be fit to play - and the fly-half is confident he will be taking the field here at the Millennium Stadium following a calf injury.

Carter missed last Saturday's 85-8 Pool win against Romania with the injury and although he was only starting to step up his training on Thursday, he was upbeat about his chances of facing the French having been named earlier in the week in coach Graham Henry's starting side.

"I think I'll get a good feel for it this afternoon and again at the captain's run on Friday," Carter told reporters at the squad's hotel here on Thursday ahead of training when asked about whether he...

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