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Published 11:16 17 Dec 2016 GMT
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Carter is now 34 and battling with injuries at the end of a trophy-laden career. He was clearly unfit at the tail-end of last season, with Racing 92, and ceded the goal-kicking duties to focus his energies on simply having an influence on the game with ball in hand.
Having won the Top 14 title last season, Racing are up against it in 2016/17. Their home form is decent but they have been handed a few beatings away from Paris.
They are now doomed in the Champions Cup, having lost twice to Glasgow Warriors in the space of a week. Carter did not have his finest game last night as Racing were bounced by the Scots.
Starting as outhalf, Carter received the ball 19 times and did not make a single carry. 15 times, he passed the ball on. He kicked possession away, and for the lines, on the four other occasions.
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In comparison, Warrior's No.10 Finn Russell had one of those games.
The Scotland international put himself into the Lions picture by making 81 metres in gains off 14 carries that included four clean breaks, 10 defenders beaten, three offloads and a try assist. He also kicked eight points.
Carter's career stats were an all-time low but the stick he took online, from rugby fans to Times rugby writer Stephen Jones, was plain hysterical.
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Despite the hurt of Racing's loss, Carter was a gent after the game as he posed for pictures with fans and signed autographs.
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