The best player in the world is coming to Europe. It's Goodbye DC and Bonjour Daniel, as Mr. Carter, New Zealand's finest export, excluding a tender joint of lamb, will be donning the blood orange from December.
Dan Carter has chosen the sunny Mediterranean for his sixth month European sabbatical with Perpignan his chosen destination. Although Tana Umaga's best efforts didn't go unnoticed, it was impossible to think of the Crusader turning it on in the European Challenge Cup.
Unlike Jerry Collins, who chased the lure of the Euro, Carter can't wait to get to grips with Europe's finest. The All-Black fly-half can look forward to dates with Leicester Tigers and the Ospreys joining up with good mates, Aaron Mauger and Justin Marshall in the Heineken Cup as well as coming face to face with the cauldron like atmosphere of a Basque-Catalan derby when Perpignan take on Biarritz.