Australia v New Zealand live: Latest score and updates as Wallabies seek revenge on All Blacks in Rugby Championship

Here we go in Perth – Damian McKenzie hoofs the ball up into the air and we’re underway.

Can the All Blacks ramp up the pressure on South Africa in the race for the Rugby Championship title or will the resurgent Wallabies end their campaign on a high?

James Slipper looked pretty emotional during Advance Australia Fair there, understandably so. The veteran prop will hang up his boots (slippers?) at the end of today after 151 Wallabies appearances.

The Haka is now done, so we’re finally ready to go in Perth. Just 20 minutes after the advertised kick-off time…

Here come the teams, striding out on to the field. As the anthems and Haka are taking place, a quick reminder how the sides line up today.

James Slipper winning his 151st and final cap for the Wallabies, with Tane Edmed starting at No 10, while Scott Barrett returns to skipper the All Blacks and Leicester Fainga’anuku makes his first New Zealand appearance since the 2023 World Cup

Australia XV: 1 James Slipper, 2 Billy Pollard, 3 Allan Alaalatoa; 4 Nick Frost, 5 Will Skelton; 6 Tom Hooper, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson (capt.); 9 Jake Gordon, 10 Tane Edmed; 11 Filipo Daugunu, 12 Len Ikitau, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 14 Harry Potter; 15 Max Jorgensen.

Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Rob Valetini; 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 James O’Connor, 23 Josh Flook.

New Zealand XV: 1 Tamaiti Williams, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Fletcher Newell; 4 Scott Barrett (capt.), 5 Fabian Holland; 6 Simon Parker, 7 Ardie Savea, 8 Peter Lakai; 9 Cam Roigard, 10 Damian McKenzie; 11 Leicester Fainga’anuku, 12 Jordie Barrett, 13 Billy Proctor, 14 Leroy Carter; 15 Will Jordan.

Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 George Bower, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Wallace Sititi; 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Rieko Ioane, 23 Ruben Love.

We’ve just had the ‘Welcome to Country’ and the players are about to walk out at the Optus Stadium. It’s pretty wet conditions in Perth.

In classic Australian style, the kick-off will be considerably later than the 10.45am advertised time. It’ll be gone 11am by the time the ball is booted into the Western Australian sky.

We’re not far away from kick-off now in Perth, with the warm-ups done

England’s Matthew Carley is the man in the middle for today’s proceedings, the Kent-born whistler by now an experienced Test referee – and New Zealand captain Scott Barrett will hope to build a better relationship with him than he managed at Twickenham in 2023, when Carley sent off the All Blacks lock during their defeat to South Africa.

Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)

Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (Eng) & Morne Ferreira (SA)

Television Match Official: Andrew Jackson (Eng)

Foul Play Review Officer: Marius Jonker (SA)

A long way behind James Slipper but already forging a highly successful career of his own is Will Jordan, who wins cap number 50 this evening. The New Zealand full-back is also closing in on a half-century of scores in a All Blacks shirt, his tally of 43 the seventh highest by any male Kiwi at Test level but with the six men ahead of him very much in sight. It’s a sort of oddity that no All Black has ever crossed the 50 mark – but with Beauden Barrett (45), Jordan and Rieko Ioane (38) within striking distance, surely Doug Howlett’s record of 49 tries will finally fall?

James Slipper’s decade-and-a-half in an Australia shirt will come to a close tonight with an ever selfless team man bowing out internationally to allow opportunities for others on the Wallabies’ November tour of Europe. The loosehead, who wins his 151st and final cap, told Joe Schmidt that he didn’t see himself making it through next year after so long at the coal face, and there is a sense of his career coming full circle with his last international appearance coming in the city where he made his debut.

“Representing the Wallabies has been the single proudest achievement of my rugby career and a privilege I have never taken for granted,” Slipper, the third most capped international of all time, said in a Rugby Australia statement.

“As a young kid on the Gold Coast playing backyard footy with my brothers, it was a dream to pull on the gold jersey, and to be able to say I’ve lived my dream for what’s coming on 16 years is more than I could ever have asked for.

“It feels like the right time for me to step away from test rugby. There’s a number of good young props coming through who will need time in the saddle leading into what’s going to be an unbelievable experience of a home Rugby World Cup in 2027.”

The All Blacks lose one Barrett brother but gain another, with fly half Beauden ruled out after suffering an injury last week but lock Scott returning to skipper the side from the second row. Tamaiti Williams and Fletcher Newell form a new propping pair after injuries to Ethan de Groot and Tyrel Lomax, while Leicester Fainga’anuku makes his first international appearance since the 2023 Rugby World Cup having returned to New Zealand from France earlier this year.

Peter Lakai is given an opportunity at No 8 and Ruben Love provides play-making cover on the bench as Damian McKenzie takes the reins at 10.

New Zealand XV: 1 Tamaiti Williams, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Fletcher Newell; 4 Scott Barrett (capt.), 5 Fabian Holland; 6 Simon Parker, 7 Ardie Savea, 8 Peter Lakai; 9 Cam Roigard, 10 Damian McKenzie; 11 Leicester Fainga’anuku, 12 Jordie Barrett, 13 Billy Proctor, 14 Leroy Carter; 15 Will Jordan.

Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 George Bower, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Wallace Sititi; 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Rieko Ioane, 23 Ruben Love.

James Slipper wins his 151st and final Wallabies cap in the loosehead’s last match before retiring from international rugby. Tane Edmed is given a major chance to seize the No 10 shirt ahead of veteran James O’Connor, and Will Skelton is a welcome returnee to the second row having jetted in from La Rochelle. Rob Valetini is back to bolster the bench, but there is no Lukhan Salakaia-Loto or Tate McDermott.

Australia XV: 1 James Slipper, 2 Billy Pollard, 3 Allan Alaalatoa; 4 Nick Frost, 5 Will Skelton; 6 Tom Hooper, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson (capt.); 9 Jake Gordon, 10 Tane Edmed; 11 Filipo Daugunu, 12 Len Ikitau, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 14 Harry Potter; 15 Max Jorgensen.

Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Rob Valetini; 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 James O’Connor, 23 Josh Flook.