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FULL-TIME: NZ 30 def AUS 0!

Brown's grubber sees Holmes bat it dead.

CHALLENGE UNSUCCESSFUL

PEN NZ: Bit of pushing and shoving but we will have a challenge.

Staggs did the hard work to beat Timoko and then he spills the footy.

PEN AUS: Second effort

Martin spills the bomb.

PEN AUS: Tedesco taken high. Foran is ON REPORT.

PENALTY NZ: Cam Munster in front of the kicker.

No one has looked likely for the Aussies today. Quite lethargic and honestly disappointing doesn't begin to describe the efforts we have seen tonight.

Shot at goal.

PENALTY NZ: Shepard

NZ recover the footy. Some better signs with Tedesco and Hynes combining.

Pass is knocked down by Brown.

Munster with a one on one. Must score here to avoid the duck egg.

CHARGE DOWN Grant... but it goes into touch. NZ gets possession.

One of the more frustrating test matches to watch for an Aussie point of view.

Tedesco refusing to give up here.

Big mark from Holmes. Australia with it ALL TO DO here.

Clever kick from Joey Manu - Dylan Edwards never looked comfortable there and spills the pill.

PEN NZ: Strip after the held call.

Tedesco loses the air battle against CNK there.

The second half started similar to the first for the Australians. Errors hurt them early and a Kotoni Staggs error gave the Kiwis prime field position. From the scrum Jahrome Hughes linked up with Isaako to score... BUNKER TIME!

Oh dear... Kotoni Staggs puts it down. Pass was too high from Harry Grant.

Ball just behind Isaako from Manu. But the error will go down to Isaako.

Hammer does well to catch it... but he's just outside the in-goal so it's a line dropout.

Liam Martin tried to burn them down the right but as usual. The pass goes astray and NZ recover.

Hughes and Nikora working together to tear that right edge of Australia apart. Martin doing poorly there.

GAME ON! Adam Gee blows his whistle for the second half. Australia will get the ball first here.

Half-Time: NZ 12 lead AUS 0.

Grant loses it - good pressure from Briton Nikora.

Mistake from Nu Brown and now we have a bit of a push and shove.

Australia fail to regain their short dropout. Hammer with the error.

Edwards is trapped in-goal. Goal-line dropout to come.

CNK forcing some problems here.

Forward pass is the ruling. Grant's pass to Teddy was forward.

Not been a strong defensive display from the Kangaroos. 29 misses already yikes...

Mulitalo recovers the short-dropout. Is there anything HE CAN'T DO!

Australia force a goal-line dropout.

NZ fail to capitalise there.

SHOTTTTTTTT! Ronaldo Mulitalo with one of the BIGGEST HITS YOU'LL EVER SEE

Kick is marked by Papalii but is taken on the last.

Big carry from Timoko. Continuing another break-out season for the young Raider.

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad down getting his jaw assessed.

Mulitalo gets out of trouble. He has had a big start to the match for the Kiwis.

PENALTY AUS: Second effort on James Fisher-Harris. Kotoni Staggs earnt the right to the quick play-the-ball.

PEN AUS: Second effort against Ronaldo Mulitalo. Came after an amazing kick return from James Tedesco.

NZ convert after points.

Strong run from Mulitalo gets the Kiwis going. Linked up with Brown who showed his light foot. Fresh set for the kiwis.

NZ with a half-break with Manu roving in the middle finding Hughes. Last tackle play amounted to very little.

JFH kicks early and I think we might need to revoke his kicking licence.

Much better start from the Kiwis this week. They are in the grind and hustle of this football match here.

DCE kicks early but Mulitalo does quite well and gets the ball out of danger for the Kiwis.

Smart from Edwards there. The kick from Hughes went out on the full. Australia get the ball just outside their own end.

PENALTY NZ: Second effort against Cam Munster.

PENALTY AUS: Inside 10m.

GAME ON! Adam Gee blows his whistle to signal time on and we're underway for this Pacific Championship final. NZ will run the ball first from right to left.

Now time for the Haka.

Time for the pre-match ceremony

Exact same officials as the 2023 NRL GF - Adam Gee in charge - Chris Sutton and David Munro with the flags on the line. Ashley Klein in the Bunker...

The Kangaroos are dealt a blow with Cam Murray out with tendonitis - Nicho Hynes is the new man in the side with Cotter starting in his place. New Zealand: 1-17 - Nafu Whyte is the 18th man.

Welcome to FMG Stadium in Waikato. It's a repeat of last week's match as Australia take on New Zealand. Australia won convincingly without their dominating forwards, they get Haas and Tino back today and go head-to-head with the Penrith connection of JFH and Leota. NZ were disappointing last weekend with Jahrome Hughes and Joey Manu well-contained. Tonight, they will want a home win reminiscent of the 2014 Four Nations final.