Familiar face drops in at All Black training

Cape Town - The All Blacks are in France where they are preparing for Saturday's Test in Paris, and they had a special visitor at their training session this week when Dan Carter popped in. 

The former All Black flyhalf, considered one of the greatest the game has ever seen, is based in France where he plays his rugby for Racing 92. 

Now 35-years-old, Carter took to social media to post a video of the All Blacks at work while current flyhalf, Beauden Barrett, posed a picture of himself standing alongside Carter. 

Barrett, still just 26, has already notched up 59 Tests since making his debut in 2012 and he is largely considered the best flyhalf in the world currently. 

Carter, meanwhile, finished on 112 Tests. 

Saturday's match kicks off at 21:45 (SA time).

Teams:

France

15 Nans Ducuing, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Mathieu Bastareaud, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Kevin Gourdon, 6 Judicael Cancoriet, 5 Paul Gabrillagues, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado (captain), 1 Jefferson Poirot

Substitutes: 16 Clement Maynadier, 17 Raphael Chaume, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Paul Jedrasiak, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Damian Penaud

New Zealand

15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Ryan Crotty, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano,  3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Kane Hames

Substitutes: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Matt Todd, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Lima Sopoaga, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown

Nice to see a familiar face at training today! pic.twitter.com/C9M8aCSpQX

— Beauden Barrett (@beaudenbarrett) November 9, 2017

Watching the @AllBlacks get into their work. Nice to catch up with a few of the brothers too #FRAvNZL pic.twitter.com/si7vcDDVdl

— Dan Carter (@DanCarter) November 9, 2017