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Dan Carter still 'feels sick' over drink driving charge

Publish Date
Tue, 3 Oct 2017, 10:01AM
All Blacks great Dan Carter has opened up about his drink-driving charge earlier this year in Paris, saying he still feels 'sick' about it. (Photo \ NZ Herald - Nick Reed)

Dan Carter still 'feels sick' over drink driving charge

Publish Date
Tue, 3 Oct 2017, 10:01AM

Two time World Cup winner and former All Black first five Dan Carter has opened up on the drink drive incident which has blighted his time in France, saying he still feels 'sick' about it.

Rugby's all-time points scoring leader and two-time World Cup winner revealed to Radio Sport's Martin Devlin that he's learned a big lesson from the charge for which he lost his license for five months.

Police stopped Carter in Paris in February near the Champs-Elysees. He registered an alcohol limit of .98g/l, well above the authorised limit of .5g/l.

Police said he was also speeding and not carrying his driver's licence.

"I felt like I let a lot of people down and still feel pretty sick about it," Carter said on the Devlin Radio Show.

"Even though I'm back driving now, I did my punishment and lost my license for five months. And it was a really challenging time for me and my family, I felt like I let a lot of people down but people make mistakes in their life. The most important thing is that you learn from it."

"It's not about the punishment that the judge gives you or the fine or anything like that, it's actually the potential consequences that really hit home for you.

"It actually made me feel sick and it makes me feel sick now, thinking and talking about it. As much as I'd like to say I've moved on from it, it's something I'll have to live with for the rest of my life.

"I'm very fortunate that the consequences weren't a lot worse than they could have potentially been.

"It's something I'll have to live with and something I've learned a very big lesson from and something I'm not proud of," the Racing 92 first-five told the Devlin Radio Show.

LISTEN ABOVE AS DAN CARTER SPOKE TO MARTIN DEVLIN ON THE DRS

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