Live text: New Zealand 20-6 Australia

1047: In the end Australia were overpowered by New Zealand. On paper they had the edge up front and they duly smashed the Wallaby pack to reach their first World Cup final since 1995. They will now face France in Auckland next weekend, a repeat of the first ever final in 1987, also at Eden Park, which the All Blacks won.

Full-time: NEW ZEALAND 20-6 AUSTRALIA

80 mins: New Zealand 20-6 Australia
Australia move the ball wide but when Ashley-Cooper slips, McCaw is on hand to turn the ball over. Magnificent game from the NZ captain.

79 mins: New Zealand 20-6 Australia
Australia try to batter their way over from a line-out. NZ hold firm but concede another penalty.

77 mins: New Zealand 20-6 Australia
After a spectacular opening, New Zealand have tightened up their game and it’s not been the prettiest of performances, but sense Kiwis won’t care, they’re surely headed for a first final since 1995. Cooper’s not going down without a fight though and a stepping run is ended by a shoulder charge from Sonny Bill Williams. He’s yellow carded – is there a glimmer of hope for the Wallabies.

73 mins: New Zealand 20-6 Australia
can relax now New Zealand fans (honest). Weepu makes no mistake and the All Blacks now lead by two converted tries. The ABs bring on Sonny Bill Williams – it’s not getting any easier for the Wallabies.

72 mins: PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 20-6 AUSTRALIA

71 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Weepu returns to a rousing cheer as replacement scrum-half Andy Ellis goes off to be stitched up with blood all over his face. Second row Thorn smashes his way through a couple of tackles as the All Blacks continue to dominate, but Nonu knocks on with Australia at sixes and sevens. New Zealand take the Wallabies apart at the resulting scrum to earn a kickable penalty.

69 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Cruden takes over the kicking duties, as Weepu has been replaced, but the fly-half’s penalty attempt drifts to the right of the sticks. That’s 14 points that have gone begging now for the ABs.

68 mins: MISSED PENALTY (CRUDEN) NEW ZEALAND 17-6 AUSTRALIA

67 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Wallaby replacement hooker Polota-Nau on for Moore, a noted scrummager, and the Aussies are immediately butchered at the next scrum.

64 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
All Black number eight Read pounces on a loose ball at a line-out to initiate yet another New Zealand attack. Their pack bullies its way to within a few yards before Owen Franks is penalised for off-side and Australia clear their lines.

62 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Simmons on for Vickerman and McCalman for Samo as Australia try to freshen up their pack, but they nearly concede a second try as Smith partly charges down O’Connor’s clearance kick. The ABs are piling on the pressure.

57 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Lesson learnt, never anticipate when the ball’s near the halfway line, refresh please. Weepu’s kick misses but the ABs are soon back on the attack, Ali Williams carrying powerfully around the fringes. Dagg misses badly with a drop-goal attempt.

56 mins: MISSED PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 17-6 AUSTRALIA

55 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Australia are coimng more into the game, with Cooper beginning to show some sublime touches, but when O’Connor loses possession Cruden bangs the ball deep into the Wallaby half once more. They’re enjoying plenty of ball, but struggling to get anywhere near the All Black 22.

52 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
New Zealand have got the Wallabies in all sorts of trouble at the scrum. They get a big shove on and then sweep the ball from one side of the field to the other. When they go back agian, it looks as though there is space over out wide, but All Black full-back Dagg’s pass drfifts forward.

49 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
O’Connor embarks on a fine run, stepping past Dagg with ease, but an accidental off-side halts the Aussie attack.

47 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Australia mount their first attack of the half but Ashley-Cooper loses the ball in the tackle. They come again, scrum-half Genia prompting. Ashley-Cooper again threatens down the right, but New Zealand flood the brekadown and win a penalty.

44 mins: New Zealand 17-6 Australia
Weepu makes no mistake, his third successful kick from six attempts during the game.

43 mins: PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 17-6 AUSTRALIA

42 mins: New Zealand 14-6 Australia
Australia try to run from deep but when McCabe is tackled by Franks, Weepu is immediately on the scene and wins the penalty as Wallaby centre McCabe holds on.

41 mins: New Zealand 14-6 Australia
Cruden restarts for New Zealand, with Cooper clearing deep for Australia.

HALF-TIME: NEW ZEALAND 14-6 AUSTRALIA
It has been New Zealand’s half. Australia finish it on the attack but they are turned over and when referee Joubert finally persuades the two sides to disengage at the breakdown, it is the All Blacks who trot off much the happier side after an excellent first-half display, full of pace, power and crisp execution.

38 mins: New Zealand 14-6 Australia
Ashley-Cooper is penalised for off-side and Weepu bangs over a long-range penalty.

37 mins: PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 14-6 AUSTRALIA

36 mins: New Zealand 11-6 Australia
Gah, Cooper genius with ball in hand causes me to hit the wrong key – refresh for the correct score in previous entry. In my defence it was dazzling from the Wallaby 10, speed of foot and sleight of hand somehow enabling him to make yards despite being surrounded by the entire All Black pack. Australia growing into the game here.

33 mins: New Zealand 11-6 Australia
Australia win a line-out through Vickerman and hammer into midfield well inside the All Black 22. The home defence holds firm but Genia fires the ball back to Cooper and he slots his first Test drop-goal.

32 mins: DROP-GOAL (COOPER) NEW ZEALAND 11-6 AUSTRALIA

28 mins: New Zealand 11-3 Australia
New Zealand have enjoyed 80% of territory, but they are penalised as Woodcock goes to ground in the scrum.

26 mins: New Zealand 11-3 Australia
Australia have lost loose-head prop Kepu, replaced by Slipper. All Black full-back Dagg makes another threatening run but prop Woodcock spills the ball in midfield.

22 mins:New Zealand 11-3 Australia
A Mealamu drive carries the ABs deep into the Aussie 22. The hosts spin the ball back to Cruden and he pops over a neat drop-goal. NZ well worth their lead after a hectic start.

DROP-GOAL (CRUDEN) NEW ZEALAND 11-3 AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND 8-3 AUSTRALIA
Weepu pushes his kick just to the right of the posts. Will missed kicks cost the hosts in the way they cost Wales on Saturday?

MISSED PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 8-3 AUSTRALIA

16 mins: O’Connor gets the Wallabies on the board after their first foray into All Black territory. But when Cooper drops a Dagg bomb, the Wallabies are penalised as Kepu folds in the following scrum. Weepu has a shot at goal.

PENALTY (O’CONNOR) NEW ZEALAND 8-3 AUSTRALIA

PENALTY (WEEPU) NEW ZEALAND 8-0 AUSTRALIA

11 mins: Cruden makes a fine break into the Aussie 22. Pocock infringes once again.

9 mins: MISSED PENALTY NEW ZEALAND 5-0 AUSTRALIA

8 mins: NZ go back on the attack, with Read in the vanguard, and win a penalty when Pocock is penalised for going off his feet. The All Blacks are rampant at the moment.

5 mins: Ferocious defence in midfield sees Cruden lose control and Australia clear. But NZ win the line-out and after sweeping the ball to the left they fizz it back right. Dagg hits the gas, dummies and then hands off Elsom. He eases round O’Connor but as he falls to the ground he fires the ball into the arms of Nonu, who dives over for a super score. Dagg’s foot was perilously close to the line but replays are inconclusive, Weepu misses the conversion.

TRY NEW ZEALAND 5-0 AUSTRALIA

4 mins: Jane threatens down the right and chips ahead. O’Connor scrambles back and carries the ball over his own line, he tries to get back into the field of play but is collared by three AB tacklers. Attacking scrum NZ.

2 mins: A Dagg counter-attack carries the All Blacks deep into Wallaby territory. Cruden tries to float a pass to Jane, who is free on the outside, but the ball just eludes the grasp of the AB winger. Great start by the hosts.

1 min: We’re under way in Auckland. Cooper sends the kick-off wobbling straight out on the full. The Eden Park crowd – they’re not fans of the Wallaby 10 – love it. Scrum New Zealand.

0900: Haka time. Piri Weepu leads proceedings, it’s the Kapa o Pango today. Maybe they’re hoping to bust out a Ka Mate in the final?

0858: Let’s be honest, Saturday won the battle of the anthems hands down. Kiwis and Aussies – perhaps with good reason – will insist their teams are better though. Let’s hope they back it up, kick-off’s in a couple of minutes.

0854: With the sadly absent Carter at the helm New Zealand played a machine-tooled game of fluid precision. Cruden, who recovered from cancer to captain New Zealand to victory in the Under-20 World Cup in 2009, is a more instinctive player than the Crusaders star. Australia are not considered to be as rounded a side as New Zealand, but they have the most dangerous backline in the tournament, and in Cooper they have a matador of a number 10 who loves to get flat and taunt the defence before sliding the blade home, using dazzling footwork or a conjuror’s sleight of hand to open up the opposition. He has not been at his best in New Zealand, maybe this is the day he explodes into life?

0849: Battles abound across the park. Injury has robbed the tournament of the shimmering talents of Dan Carter, so at fly-half Quade Cooper lines up against Aaron Cruden instead. That means the most enticing mano a mano contest is the one between open-sides Richie McCaw, effectively the head boy of the entire New Zealand nation, and David Pocock, who gives the impression of being built by JCB for the specific purpose of dominating the breakdown. Both men have downplayed their battle, insisting it’s a team game, but whoever gets control of the ruck will go a long way to deciding which team goes through to face France in the final in a week’s time.

0846: New Zealand bring in Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg and Richard Kahui, while Australia call up Anthony Fainga’a. Australia have lost full-back Kurtley Beale to a hamstring injury, so Adam Ashley-Cooper moves to that position and Fainga’a comes into the centres. Dagg returns at full-back for the All Blacks after missing the quarter-final victory over Argentina, while third-choice fly-half Cruden takes over from the injured Colin Slade, who had in turn replaced star number 10 Dan Carter, who is out of the tournament with a leg injury. Kahui displaces Sonny Bill Williams, with the high-profile convert from rugby league starting on the bench.

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0825: The IRB said Warburton’s offence was “mid-range on the scale of seriousness”, which has an entry point of six weeks. The rugby judge hearing the case “found that there were no aggravating features, and there were compelling on-field and/or off-field mitigating features including the player’s admission, outstanding character and disciplinary record and remorse. Therefore, the suspension was reduced to a period of three weeks”.

0820: +++ BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS +++ Warburton banned for three weeks.