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Fri 10 Oct 2007Carter's injury concern easesNew Zealand outhalf Daniel Carter tested his injured calf muscle in a full training session yesterday after expressing confidence that he will be fit for tomorrow's World Cup quarter-final against France."The calf is good. We have a couple of runs before Saturday to make it right and the first one of those comes this afternoon," Carter told reporters. "Earlier in the week I couldn't walk on it but that has gone now. I have to get focused on this match and I've tried to be in the best shape possible."