Carlos Spencer
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- Number: 10
- Position: First five-eighth
- Born: 14/10/75
- Height: 184
- Weight: 95
- Province: Auckland
- Blues Debut: 1996 v Wellington
- Blues Caps: 96
- Blues Points: 608
- Breakdown: 25T, 120C, 78PG, 3DG
- Test Caps: 35
- Test Points: 291
- Test Debut: 1997 v Argentina
Carlos Spencer was unchallenged as the Blues’ most enthralling entertainer with his skill at first five-eighth.
He became universally known as “King Carlos” and will be remembered for the outrageous way he taunted Crusaders’ fans – in 2004 at Christchurch he deliberately ran to the corner rather than the posts to score, but still landed the conversion from the sideline to deny the hosts even a bonus point. He was a fine All Black despite being a contemporary of Andrew Mehrtens. Spencer played his greatest rugby for Auckland (93 matches) and the Blues (96 matches).
