Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Rugby World Cup final - New Zealand v Australia.

Worthy winners. Thank you so much for joining me this evening - and joining us throughout the tournament. Goodnight!

FULL-TIME, and New Zealand win the World Cup for the third time.

Carter converts, and though they get chance to kick off again, that's pretty much it.

TRY! That's that, then. Ben Smith's clever decision-making makes up for that earlier yellow card, and Barrett runs on and gets it over the line.

Australia have never given up battling, they've been pushing and pushing but just haven't found that final edge when they haven't had the man advantage.

What an amazing kick from Carter, bringing the New Zealand lead back up to ten points with his longest kick of the tournament.

And Australia are penalised for collapsing in the scrum again. Penalty to be taken by Daniel Carter - but that needs some real range on it.

Nigel Owens tells the props to keep their feet strong as they prepare to go in again.

DROP GOAL! Oh, Daniel Carter. The fulcrum of the All Blacks team with a marvellous quick step, creating himself space for a nifty drop over the posts.

So we're into the last 13 minutes - and the All Blacks have been reduced to a minimal four-point advantage. One score now could prove the difference.