Dog ate my passport: Rookie All Black's excuse for running late
The utility back with the Hamilton-based Chiefs was one of four uncapped players included in Scott Robertson's Championship squad. The phone call from Robertson informing him of his selection had come as a massive surprise.
Carter was rushing to get things together for the squad's assembly and departure when he realised the family dog had intercepted his passport.
'I got my passport out to take a photo to send to the [team] manager and I just left it on my bedside table,' Carter said. 'My partner went to the gym and left my dog home alone and it's gone down the hallway, jumped on the bed and just chewed up the passport and my teeth aligners.
'It was a bit of a shambles yesterday. I was trying to get an emergency one but I think it's all [sorted] now. I thought it would happen to me, something like that, so no point getting stressed about it."
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The All Blacks squad leaves Friday to play Argentina in Cordoba on August 17 and Buenos Aires a week later in the first two rounds of the Rugby Championship which also includes Australia and South Africa.
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