Rugby League World Cup final live: England suffer narrow 6-0 defeat to see Australia retain their title

62 mins: Hill goes close to within two metres of the line, and Roby chips the ball behind only for Dugan to run it out and somehow get back into the field of play. Australia breathe a sigh of relief.

65 mins: There's confusion from a Smith kick that nearly falls kindly for Slater, but Widdop is able to catch the ball on the bounce to defuse the chance. Watkins breaks free after and he's in clear space! But it's a great tap-tackle to bring him down! Lomax was on the inside and free but Dugan's tackle stops him from getting the ball away. England go on the attack, and Morgan is trapped in-goal to force a goal-line drop-out.

67 mins: Watkins breaks again and gives it to McGillvary, who bounces two tacklers before being stopped. Roby goes close, but on the last tackle Widdop hurls the ball behind all three players outside him and the ball goes straight into touch. 

Another chance gone to waste.

69 mins: Australia are struggling here as Cronk fires the ball straight into touch, giving them the breather they desperately need. England rush to form the scrum, but while they are on the up, they know that time is against them. They restart on the 20m line.

70 mins: Currie makes a good break but just can't find Gale on the inside. The dummy-half then chips though but Slater gathers the ball under pressure and Australia can build an attack from their own half.

72 mins: Both the Burgess brothers come on for the final 10, and Tom makes an immediate impact to burst through the line and into the Australia half. England have space out wide and it causes Holmes to rush out and try for the intercept, only to knock it forwards. Had he taken it, he would have been away under the sticks.

England have the scrum, but Tom Burgess is judged to knock it on from the first play.

74 mins: Gale kicks over the head of Gagai, but it's a good return from the wing and Australia are up to the halfway line by the fourth. England do well to repel the move, and after Lomax collects the kick he takes a huge hit while running laterally across the field. England need to go 80m here to score.

75 mins: England get the penalty! Morgan is judged to have stripped the ball from Tom Burgess, which looked like a generous call, and England have a fresh set inside the Australian half.

76 mins: Not for the first time, Tom Burgess knocks the ball forwards, and England are starting to look like a beaten side.

79 mins: Two minutes left on the clock and England win possession after forcing a knock-on! We're in last chance salloon here, folks...