Sam Carter (rugby union)

Sam Carter (born 10 September 1989) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays for Ulster. His playing position is lock.

Sam Carter

Birth name	Sam Carter
Date of birth	10 September 1989
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	116 kg (18.3 st; 256 lb)
School	Scots College
University	University of Sydney
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2018 2019– Canberra Vikings NSW Country Eagles Canberra Vikings Ulster 0 2 9 21 (0) (0) (12) (10) Correct as of 10 January 2021 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2019 Brumbies 110 (45) Correct as of 24 March 2019 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2017 Australia 16 (0) Correct as of 27 June 2017

Career

Carter made his Brumbies debut during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Hurricanes. In 2014 he was selected for Australia. Carter played for the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural season of the National Rugby Championship in 2014. He joined the New South Wales Country Eagles for the 2015 season.[1]

Carter joined Irish province Ulster in the summer of 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 season.[2]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 22 July 2016[3]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2011	Brumbies	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Brumbies	15	13	2	982	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2013	Brumbies	18	17	1	1196	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2014	Brumbies	16	16	0	1223	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2015	Brumbies	13	13	0	955	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2016	Brumbies	16	16	0	1177	1	0	0	0	5	1	0
Total		79	75	4	5547	5	0	0	0	25	3	0

References

1. CSU NSW Country Eagles announce 2015 NRC squad Archived 9 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Carter signing confirmed". Ulster Rugby. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
3. "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External links

• Ulster Profile
• ESPN Profile