New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter will take a six-month sabbatical following the All Blacks’ European tour in November.

Dan Carter kicked 14 points but it was not enough for Canterbury as the defending champions went down 22-19 to North Harbour in their opening Air New Zealand Cup match.

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter will make his comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon in a club game on Saturday.

Irish Walker Cup player Gareth Shaw helped his East Tennessee State University men’s golf team to a tie for 10th place in a stacked field at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational in Windermere, Florida.