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New Zealand forward Chris Wood received one of the strangest yellow cards of the season when he was booked for signing autographs in the stands after scoring a hat-trick in his side's 7-0 defeat of Fiji in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.
MELBOURNE : Rob Valetini has recovered from a hamstring injury and will slot straight back into the ACT Brumbies' back row for his first Super Rugby Pacific match this season against the New South Wales Waratahs.
Heartbreaking near-misses will fire "hurting" New Zealand to their first football World Cup since 2010, their coach Darren Bazeley said on Wednesday, with the country two wins from the finals. Led by Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, New Zealand are strong favourites to beat amateurs Fiji on Friday in Wellington and then seal qualification for 2026 by beating another regional minnow on Monday. The World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico has been expanded to 48 teams, meaning direct qualification for the best team from Oceania.
New Zealand's players are carrying the hurt of failing to qualify for three straight World Cups and that pain should help them beat Fiji on the road to the 2026 finals, coach Darren Bazeley said.
LONDON : The United States will host England in July as the culmination of a series of high-profile men's and women's fixtures that form part of the country's plan to boost rugby's profile ahead of hosting two World Cups in the next decade.
Chris Wood has helped bring Nottingham Forest to the brink of Champions League football with 18 goals in an extraordinary Premier League season but the hulking hitman sees himself playing on a quieter stage in his native New Zealand.
SYDNEY : The Waikato Chiefs beat the Auckland Blues for the second time this season to remain top of the Super Rugby Pacific standings after five rounds as the New South Wales Waratahs lost the only unbeaten record in the competition.
SYDNEY : Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio will return to action for the ACT Brumbies against Fijian Drua in Super Rugby Pacific on Friday after three weeks on the sidelines with concussion.