US EditionThe Dog Ate My Passport: Family Pooch Dogs Rookie’s All Blacks Call
NEW ZEALAND, AUG 6 – Leroy Carter obtained an emergency passport after his dog damaged the original days before the All Blacks' Rugby Championship opener in Argentina, ensuring his participation in the squad.
- On Friday, All Blacks management scrambled to arrange a replacement after Leroy Carter's dog chewed his passport days before their flight to Argentina.
- Carter told New Zealand media, `I got my passport out to take a photo to send to the manager and I just left it on my bedside table`, after his Staffordshire Bull Terrier chewed it while home alone.
- On Monday, Coach Scott Robertson phoned Leroy Carter to confirm his All Blacks squad inclusion, and Carter said, `I got an unknown-number call. I guess I thought if there was a day to answer those it was probably and he just said congratulations`.
- Despite the shambles, Leroy Carter secured an emergency passport, which he said is now sorted, allowing him to travel to Córdoba as planned.
- Amid Championship preparations, the All Blacks squad departs Friday for Córdoba on Aug. 17, with four uncapped players including Carter, heading to Buenos Aires later this month.
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New Zealand player Leroy Carter experienced an unusual situation before joining the All Blacks to compete for the Rugby Championship.The rugbista was about to miss the flight to Argentina after his dog damaged his passport.How and where to see the longest solar eclipse of the entire centuryCarter received the call this week, following a call from coach Scott Robertson, who informed him that he would replace the injured Caleb Clarke.The 26-year-o…
He was one of the players who had never been capped with the XV of New Zealand selected for the Rugby Championship, but almost never honoured him. The half-de-mêlée saw his dog eat his passport.
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