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

Carter misses the conversion. How very odd.

TRY! And what a try! And what a man to score it! There's Ma'a Nonu, who's been terrific all afternoon. He gets the ball and makes a fantastic run, going half the length of the pitch, running inside and powering off on the diagonal.

Sonny Bill Williams has replaced Conrad Smith.

Dan Carter gets us under way for the second half, then.

And of course Dan Carter adds the extras. New Zealand lead 16-3 at half-time.

TRY! And it's Nehe Milner-Skudder, who's been wonderful this tournament. He finds himself in so much space on the right wing, and a neat exchange of passes gives him his chance.

New Zealand don't want all their points from the boot - they're looking to run it again now.

Did anyone expect anything else. Absolute perfection from Dan Carter, three out of three so far.

40 metres out, and Carter gets another chance to pile on some more points.

Genia's offside - penalty to the All Blacks.

Too many handling errors happening here.

Poor Matt Giteau won't be coming back on to finish his Test career in style - he took a knock to the head and he can't continue.