Carter to Hong Kong after Japan?

In a recent interview, Dan Carter was questioned about possibly turning out for a Hong Kong side in Andrew Forrest's Indo-Pacific Rugby Championship and the former All Black says he would be "silly not to have a look at it" if the opportunity arises.

There has also been talk of each team – to be sourced from the likes of Hong Kong, Fiji, Singapore and Japan – featuring a number of marquee players.

Carter entertained the idea.

"I'm getting a bit old now, it might be as a coach," he said as his Racing 92 side trained at King's Park on Wednesday.

"To be honest, I haven't even thought about it.

"Obviously when ideas like that are put out you kind of wait for them to be set in stone and become official before you start looking at opportunities like that.

"But if it was to happen, you'd be silly not to have a look at it."

Carter has returned from a knee injury that kept him sidelined for three months and is set to represent Racing 92 in Hong Kong on Saturday.

"We will have to wait and see [how much I play], we have actually got some pretty good young number 10s out here that we have brought along to give a crack, so there is plenty of depth in my position," he said.

"I finally got on top of the injury and have played a little bit of game time the last couple of weeks. If anything with these injury setbacks, you soon know whether you still have the love for the sport or not.

"Not being able to contribute to the team was pretty hard for me and really motivated me to work hard and do everything I could to get back out on the pitch."

Sourced from Sam Agars for South China Morning Post