Costa Rica have been confirmed as the All Whites' intercontinental playoff opponent for a spot at this year's Football World Cup
Costa Rica have been confirmed as the All Whites' intercontinental playoff opponent for a spot at this year's Football World Cup
31 March 2022
The Central Americans have finished fourth in the CONCACAF qualification tournament to progress to the one-off match.
Costa Rica finished their campaign with a 2-nil win over the United States, having needed a six goal win to leapfrog the USA into the automatic spots.
All Blacks and Blues prop Nepo Laulala will enter remedial work to fix his tackle clean-out technique after copping a three week ban from Super Rugby.
Laulala was shown a red card in the midweek win over Moana Pasifika for the shoulder-to-head hit.
Blues assistant coach Tom Coventry says he'll have to re-learn some tackle behaviours.
Lydia Ko's coach is backing his star charge to contend for a third golf major at the Chevron Championship starting in California tomorrow.
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