SCAN SPORT – The former star accomplished this feat to raise funds for Unicef.
He wanted to see what he hadstill in the belly“. At 40, the young retiree can be reassured. Dan Carter had challenged himself to achieve 1598 (like the number of points he scored in the black jersey, a world record) penalties in 24 hours in order to raise funds for Unicef in favor of underprivileged children in Pacific Islands.
At the end of the effort, the former star of the All Blacks took up the bet. In metronome. At Eden Park in Auckland, the site of his many past exploits, he hit 1,637 kicks (on the 22-yard line) to reach 1,598. That’s a success rate of 98%! And 66 kicks attempted on average per hour…
“When you do something much bigger than yourself and see the donations coming up on screen, it really inspires you to keep going.”
Dan Carter
Dan Carter admitted to gritting his teeth because of “big painsto the quadriceps, which he had to have regular massages. “But when you do something much bigger than yourself and see the donations coming up on screen, it really inspires you to hold on.“added the caption. who said “ very touchedat the end of those 24 hours. “I just wanna go to the Pacific and give them the money “, he immediately commented. Stating, however, that his “immediate priority was to go… to sleep.
More than 240,000 euros collected
This performance enabled Dan Carter to raise 380,000 New Zealand dollars (240,000 euros) to improve water sanitation for 134,000 children in Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. A sum that can still grow since the call for donations is still open via the site dedicated to this ”kickathon”: (https://dancarter.com/kickathon).