Football
Wairarapa United have been disqualified from the ASB Chatham Cup after fielding an ineligible player against Napier City Rovers last week, according to a New Zealand Football media statement yesterday afternoon.
The issue revolved around whether United's Vanuatu talent Brian Kaltak was eligible to be classified as a guest player.
New Zealand Football said they granted the classification request based on the evidence provided by the club "but it has since surfaced that Kaltak was outside the country when the application was made, only arriving back in New Zealand on June 14, two days before the ASB Chatham Cup match and two days after Wairarapa's request to reclassify the player was submitted".
Kaltak spent the summer playing for Solomon Warriors in the OFC Champions League without being properly registered.