Football
By Gary Caffell
Hold your horses - a report on the Football New Zealand website which said Palmerston North Marist are through to the quarter-finals of the Chatham Cup football competition after their gripping 4-2 penalty shootout win over Napier City Rovers on Saturday could be somewhat premature.
If an appeal by Wairarapa United against their disqualification for allegedly fielding an ineligible player in their 2-1 win over Napier City Rovers in a third-round Cup match a fortnight ago is successful, the result of Saturday's game will be annulled, and Palmerston North Marist will have to front up to Wairarapa United to decide which of them goes through.
As has been well documented Wairarapa United are basing their appeal around the fact it was Football New Zealand which gave the green light to include Vanuatu international Brian Kalteck in their squad for the Napier City Rovers, and bring him off the bench.