"Once we knew the draw, we talked to the other pools teams about preparation games, everyone was shuffling to see who they could play," Martin said,
"We are close [with those]. We're talking about games versus training camps and we also have to have an eye on the October international window.
The NZF boss did, however, confirm they were "close" to confirming the All Whites full calendar for 2017, including a potential post-Confederations Cup match against Japan, and had returned from their negotiations in Russia "as though it was pretty much done".