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Chris Wood is used to great days. He has had plenty across his career, with success for club and country and scoring feats that might never be matched by a Kiwi. But he has never known a time like this.
Of all the challenges that New Caledonia face on Monday night in the Oceania qualifying final against New Zealand, the biggest can be crystallised into six words. How do you stop Chris Wood? The All Whites striker is in the middle of the hottest streak of his career.
Nottingham Forest must plot a route to Wembley without Chris Wood, who will miss Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at the Amex Stadium.
Chris Wood scored a second straight hat-trick for New Zealand as they edged towards a World Cup place – and was then booked for signing autographs in the stands. Wood, 33, hit a hat-trick in his side’s 7-0 defeat of Fiji in a World Cup qualifier on Friday and was substituted to a standing ovation after his third goal in Wellington.