Dan Carter brings down the black curtain for New Zealand as only he can | Andy Bull

The fly-half had waited a long time to play in a Rugby World Cup final, and he made sure he didn’t miss out on glory with 19 points and a man of the match displayThis is how it ends, then, for the finest fly-half in the game. Man of the match in the World Cup final, an All Black victory over Australia, his own contribution of 19 points two more than the margin between the teams. However else?Well, at the start of the year a lot of good judges in New Zealand weren’t sure whether Carter would be in New Zealand’s squad for this tournament, or should be in their starting XV. In February, he limped…