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Australia captain Bayley McKenna, speaking on Premier Sports: "We got a little bit in over our heads. We didn't play to our structure. We'll do our review and figure out what caused it. It won't happen again.
"England are always class, players like Jack [Brown] - who was my old coach with Queensland, which feels a bit surreal - Mason [Billington], Joe [Coyd], they're all class. Not too much our defensive line can do.
"We can't thank the fans enough [for supporting us]. This game's still growing in Australia, and to see all these people cheering us on is unreal."
England respond to that Australia try with one of their own.
Joe Coyd and Rob Hawkins get two on one with an Australian defender, after Jack Brown sized up Peter Arbuckle and did him for skill.
Hawkins touches down for the fifth time today.
Collins is again good from the tee, despite baiting from the crowd. The Australian fans, in fairness, have had little to celebrate today.
The big Australia team news going into Sunday's Women's World Cup final against New Zealand is that stand-off Jocelyn Kelleher has been replaced by Jesse Southwell.
It's not clear at this stage if that's a selection decision or an injury - although Kelleher's kicking was inconsistent in the nervy 30-14 semi-final win over Fiji last Sunday, and head coach Jess Skinner has already proved she is not afraid to make big calls: she left veteran captain Ali Brigginshaw out of the tournament squad altogether last month.
Southwell has started one match at the World Cup already - she came in for the rested Kelleher as Australia beat Wales 124-6 in the group stage.
Australia women: Tamika Upton, Jaime Chapman, Jessica Sergis, Isabelle Kelly, Abbi Church, Jesse Southwell, Tarryn Aiken, Millie Elliott, Olivia Higgins, Simaima Taufa, Tiana Penitani Gray, Shaylee Bent, Olivia Kernick.
Interchange: Keeley Nizza, Keilee Joseph, Kezie Apps, Sariah Paki.
Reserves: Sarah Togatuki, Quincy Dodd, Jocelyn Kelleher, Ellie Johnston, Sheridan Gallagher.
Australia, to their credit, have not given up here.
But each attack is being met by a massed wall of five English white shirts.
The referee steps in to tell off Joe Coyd for grabbing an Australian shirt rather than the tag.
England: Joe Coyd, Robert Hawkins, Tristan Norfolk, Lewis King, Mason Billington, Nathan Collins, Chris Haynes, Jack Brown, Finlay O'Neill
Australia: Adam Tannock, Bayley McKenna, Cory Cannane, Daniel Anstey, Zac Schumacher, Diab Karim, Toby Popple, Peter Arbuckle, Liam Luff
This was Ireland's first ever World Cup semi-final. Regardless of today's result, they have made history for their country.
They have a chance to go for the bronze medal in Friday's third place play-off, that kicks off at 06.15 GMT.
The French captain gets in on the action, diving over the line under the posts.
The Irish tackles are getting looser now, the chair movement slower. They are clearly knackered by all the defensive work they have had to do.
Most worryingly, France are still moving at top speed.
The 2030 men's and women's Rugby League World Cup will be held in the United States and the Pacific Islands, while the wheelchair World Cup will be held in France.
The host cities are yet to be confirmed, but the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments will run concurrently, as has been the case with this year's World Cup in Australia.
The men's World Cup would expand from 10 teams to 12, while the women's event would consist of 10 sides instead of eight.
Three pool rounds have been designed to mimic a 'Magic Round' format - with a complete round of fixtures taking place at one venue, in the style of Super League's Magic Weekend - before the semi-finals and finals take place in different locations.
France: Gilles Clausells, Damien Dore, Leo Hivernat, Nicolas Clausellas, Jonathan Hivernat, Adrien Zittel, Dany Denuwelaere, Guillaume Dubruel, Jorge Gelade Panzo
Ireland: Joseph Calcott, Jack Mangan, Cian Horgan, Peter Johnston, Melanie Griffith, Oran Spain, Phil Roberts, Tom Martin, Toby Burton-Carter
England, world number one and reigning champions, and second-ranked France have contested the past three Wheelchair World Cup finals, and the general expectation is that they will meet in this one too, after both won their groups with three wins out of three.
But Australia, fourth in the world, gave England two tough Tests in last autumn's Wheelchair Rugby League Ashes, leading in both games before Tom Coyd's side came back to secure two victories.
Ireland, third in the world, are in their first-ever Wheelchair semi-final.
In a mixed gender sport, they are the only team in the semi-finals with a woman in their squad - Melanie Griffith, a former motocross racer who was paralysed from the waist down in a race accident in 2022.