Sheffield United’s Andre Brooks stands one match away from a place in the World Cup with Jamaica

The Blades winger started in the Reggae Boyz’s 1-0 win over New Caledonia in the inter-confederation play-off tie at Estadio Akron.

Brooks was making his debut in a Jamaica side that featured a large number of UK-based players and played the first half before coming off for Leicester City’s Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

The only goal of the game came in the 18th minute when Wrexham’s former Sheffield Wednesday forward Bailey Cadamarteri followed up after New Caledonia goalkeeper Rocky Nyikeine spilled Ronaldo Webster’s free-kick.

Jamaica held in on a tense encounter to take the victory and will now face DR Congo in Tuesday’s play-off final where a first World Cup finals place since 1998 is at stake.

The winners will qualify for this summer’s tournament go into a group with Portugal, Colombia and Uzbekistan.