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Tommy Smith skippered New Zealand to a 2-1 victory over Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Islands overnight to take his side into the semi-finals of the Oceania Nations Cup. Perth Glory’s Shane Smeltz and Chris Wood of West Brom scored the All Whites' goals.

Central defender John McGreal is back in training and is likely to be OK to be involved in Town's home game with Bradford at the weekend.

Tommy Smith and New Zealand will be out to win a shock place in the World Cup round of 16 when they complete their Group F games with a match against Paraguay in Polokwane this afternoon (KO 3pm). A victory would take the All Whites through, while a draw may be enough depending on the result of the Italy-Slovakia game being played simultaneously.

Tommy Smith started at left-back for New Zealand in a World Cup warm-up victory over Serbia in the southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt this afternoon. The Town defender was winning his third full cap.