Soccer-New Zealand's Wood booked for signing autographs


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Manchester City - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - March 8, 2025 Nottingham Forest's Chris Wood celebrates after the match REUTERS/Chris Radburn /File Photo

(Reuters) - 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.

Wood, who has enjoyed a superb season at Premier League club Nottingham Forest, was substituted to a standing ovation after his third goal in Wellington and headed straight to the stands to sign autographs and have his photo taken with fans.

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