Good evening, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Japan v Australia in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals.

Looks a bit slippy in the middle of that turf. Maybe it's melting.

Japan persisting with those high balls into the box, still seems rather optimistic.

Mistake there from that Japan backline, but Kaihori is there to gather.

Japan kick us off.

Hugs between De Vanna and Miyama.

The Japan side put their hands on their hearts to sing.

Anthems!

By the way, expect the stands to begin filling up with Australia fans in the second half - the flights out of Montreal to Edmonton were delayed today so lots of them will miss kick-off.

While we're waiting catch up on the last 24 hours of Women's World Cup action.

TEAMS: Japan - Kaihori, Iwashimizu, Kumagai, Sameshima, Sakaguchi, Miyama, Kawasumi, Ohno, Utsugi, Ogimi, Ariyoshi. /// Australia - Williams, Alleway, Catley, Kellond-Knight, Foord, Van Egmond, De Vanna, Kennedy, Simon, Gorry, Kerr.