New Zealand hardly had to break a sweat for that victory. Two tries either side of half time, from Shannon Frizell, set the All Blacks on their way, before Will Jordan dotted down twice to seal his hat-trick. Those three tries have seen him equal Jonah Lomu's record for eight tournament tries in a single World Cup, which he could break in the final. The All Blacks will find out their opponents tomorrow evening, when defending champions South Africa are up against 2019 silver-medalists England in a hopefully more competitive second semi-final.

FULL TIME! 6-44. New Zealand are through to a record fifth World Cup final! That was a dominant performance from the All Blacks. It ended up being as one-sided a semi-final as we have ever seen at the World Cup. Argentina couldn't capitalise on a plethora of opportunities in the first half and were completely outplayed in the second half. New Zealand will be delighted, as they were able to haul most of their key starting players off midway through the second half, resting them for the final.

We are into the third minute of overtime and Argentina win a penalty for offside inside their own 22. Nico Sanchez fails to find touch with his kick.

The All Blacks launch a late onslaught of Argentina's tryline, but this time Los Pumas force the knock on front the All Blacks. The game will restart with a scrum in overtime.

CONVERSION MISSED! The conversion goes wide from Mounga, but that try from Jordan has definitely put the result beyond all doubt.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, JORDAN! 6-44. That's the hat-trick for Jordan! It's the pick of the lot from the winger as he breaks from inside his own 22, runs to the halfway line, chips over the defence, gathers and scores. That sees him equal Jonah Lomu's record for eight World Cup tournament tries.

Argentina get a lineout in New Zealand territory and carry it up to the 22, but for the umpteenth time, they lose the ball just as they hit the All Blacks' 22-metre line.

YELLOW CARD! Scott Barrett is sent to the sin bin after slapping the ball out of Argentina's hands when he was off his feet at a breakdown. New Zealand are down to 14 men for the next 10 minutes.

TMO CHECK! The TMO wants to check a bit of cynical breakdown play from New Zealand lock Scott Barrett.

CONVERSION MISSED! 6-39. Mounga once again sends his conversion narrowly wide from the left touchline, but it matters little, as New Zealand have a 33-point lead, with under 20 minutes to play.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, JORDAN! 6-39. There it is for Jordan! It's his second try of the match, and seventh overall in the tournament. One more and he equals the record set by Jonah Lomu. It's a simple finish for the winger in the left corner, after excellent work from the All Blacks forwards.

Argentina take the ball through six phases, but, after a promising run from prop Gallo, the ball is knocked on at the breakdown. New Zealand work the ball up to the halfway line and win a penalty for offside.

An excellent break from Argentina, started by Mateo Carreras, leads to Los Pumas winning a penalty. They opt to kick into New Zealand's 22, desperately needing a try to get back into the contest.

So nearly for Will Jordan! Initially, some excellent defending from Argentina, over 18 phases, and Jordie Barrett attempts a cross-field kick, with Jordan in space on the right wing. The kick is just a little bit high for Jordan, with the tryline, and a record-equalling eighth try, at his mercy.

Those two Frizell tries on either side of half time have effectively killed Argentina's hopes of a comeback. It is exactly what New Zealand would have wanted. The All Blacks win another scrum penalty and Jordie Barrett kicks down to Argentina's 22.

CONVERSION, NEW ZEALAND, MOUNGA! 6-34. Mounga adds the extras, to take New Zealand to a 28-point lead. The All Blacks have to be favourites to win from here. It's a long, long way back for Argentina to give themselves a chance of victory.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, FRIZELL! 6-32. Frizell has his second try! It all starts from that mazy run from Mounga. From there, the All Blacks through 15 phases, getting tackled narrowly short of the tryline a few times. However, a powerful run from Frizell gets the ball over for the All Blacks' fifth try.

An excellent run from Richie Mounga brings New Zealand into Argentina's 22.

CONVERSION, NEW ZEALAND, MOUNGA! 6-27. Having missed his attempt just before the break, Mounga is successful from the right touchline, taking New Zealand to a 21-point lead. Argentina have a mountain to climb in the second half.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, SMITH! 6-25. A dream start to the second half for New Zealand, and a nightmare start for Argentina. Los Pumas concede a scrum from the kick off. The ball pops out to Aaron Smith and the veteran scrumhalf darts through to score in the right corner.

KICK OFF! 6-20. New Zealand get the second half of this World Cup semi final underway in Paris. The All Blacks cruised through that first half, despite spending most of it on defence. They haven't had to get out of third gear to earn a 14-point lead. Argentina have been pretty one-directional on attack and have to score first in this second half to stand a chance of winning.

HALF TIME! 6-20. New Zealand go into the break leading by 14, after a first half where they have spent plenty of time on defence, making 121 tackles to Argentina's 80. Los Pumas really struggled to adapt to the referee's whistle in the first half, conceding eight penalties. Many of those have come just when they are building momentum in New Zealand's territory.

CONVERSION MISSED! 6-20. Mounga sends a second conversion wide. New Zealand will take a 14-point lead into half time.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, FRIZELL! 6-20. New Zealand get over just before the break. That could be a crucial score. It all comes from wonderful work from Mark Telea, who beats three tackles to give the All Blacks momentum. He is pulled short of the tryline, but the ball goes wide to give Frizell an easy finish in the corner.

Another attack from Argentina goes down a dead end before a desperate offload from Lavanini is knocked on. New Zealand win a penalty from the scrum and kick up to just outside Argentina's 22.

PENALTY, NEW ZEALAND, MOUNGA! 6-15. Just as soon as Argentina cut the deficit, New Zealand take it back up to nine points as Mounga converts a penalty from straight in front of the posts.

The All Blacks win a penalty from the kick-off after Argentina take a player out in the air. Barrett kicks up to Argentina's 22, and New Zealand get a penalty from the ensuing lineout.

PENALTY, ARGENTINA, BOFFELLI! 6-12. Argentina win a penalty and opt to take the points on offer. Boffelli converts to cut the deficit to six points.

Argentina are back in New Zealand's 22. A strong drive gives Los Pumas good momentum and they get a penalty advantage five metres from the tryline.

New Zealand take the ball through eight phases of attack, before Montoya wins it back for Argentina at a breakdown. Argentina kick New Zealand back into the other side of the halfway line, before Cane loses the ball forward.

Scott Barrett concedes a penalty for taking out Argentina's scrumhalf at a breakdown. Carreras kicks all the way down to New Zealand's 22, but the All Blacks win the ball back at the lineout. Los Pumas are getting plenty of attacking opportunities, but aren't making them count.

A strong run from Mateo Carreras brings Argentina to just outside New Zealand's 22. Once again, Los Pumas concede a breakdown turnover, before giving away a penalty.

Argentina win a lineout in New Zealand territory after Mounga's kick is hooked out just beyond the 22. However, Los Pumas concede a fourth penalty for cleaning a player beyond the breakdown.

CONVERSION MISSED! 3-12. Mo'unga's attempted conversion goes wide of the right post. The score stays at 3-12 to New Zealand.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, JORDIE BARRETT! 3-12. Barrett finishes an excellent team try for the All Blacks. It all started with that Telea turnover when Argentina had built up 12 phases of attack in New Zealand's 22. Wonderful hands between backs and forwards put Barrett over in the corner.

Another double-digit set of attacking phases ends with Argentina conceding a turnover in New Zealand's 22. This time the All Blacks counter attack, and run the ball all the way up to Argentina's 22.

CONVERSION, NEW ZEALAND, MOUNGA! 3-7. Mo'unga adds the conversion with his first kick at goal.

TRY, NEW ZEALAND, JORDAN! 3-5. This time, the lineout isn't clean for the All Blacks, but after a couple of strong forward carries, with a penalty advantage, the ball is swung wide to put Jordan over for his seventh try of the tournament.

New Zealand win a second successive penalty from a maul and the referee warns Argentina about their discipline. The All Blacks opt for another lineout.

Trouble for Argentina as Boffelli goes down after sliding to gather a short kick from Beauden Barrett and making contact with Telea's knee. The winger gets back up after recieving medical attention. The game restarts with New Zealand's penalty, which Jordie Barrett sends into Argentina's 22.

A kick from Carrerras is tipped into Isa's hands and the No 8 carries Argentina into New Zealand's 22. However, Jordie Barrett and Sam Cane are on hand to win a breakdown penalty. The All Blacks clear up to the halfway line.

PENALTY, ARGENTINA, BOFFELLI! 3-0. Argentina win a penalty for an off-the-ball tackle from New Zealand. Emiliano Boffelli sends his first attempt at goal inbetween the posts for the first points of this semi-final.

New Zealand win the ball back after 17 phases of Argentina attack in the 22. Jordie Barrett's kick is hooked into touch on the 22-metre line.

KICK OFF! 0-0. The anthems have been sung and the All Blacks have performed the Kapa O Pango haka. Argentina get this World Cup semi-final underway in Paris.

Argentina have won the toss and elected to have the kick off in the first half. New Zealand will be playing from left to right.

There are under 30 minutes to go until kick-off and light showers have started at the Stade de France. Far from the hot and humid evenings that have been commonplace in the World Cup pool stages, it is around 15 degrees in Paris.

The referee for this game is Australia’s Angus Gardner. In his first-ever Rugby World Cup knockout outing, and his fourth game in this tournament, Gardner takes charge of a match involving these two sides for the fifth time. He refereed Los Pumas’ 2020 victory over the All Blacks, as well as the most recent meeting between the two sides, a 41-12 victory for New Zealand in the Rugby Championship. Gardner will be assisted by fellow Australian Nic Berry and England’s Karl Dickson. The TMO is Ben Whitehouse, from Wales.

Argentina are packing a couple of weapons of their own. No 8 Facundo Isa- winning his 50th Test cap tonight - has averaged the most metres per carry of any forward in this year’s tournament, while Thomas Gallo has beaten 18 defenders, the most of any forward, an incredible stat for a loosehead prop.

Ardie Savea will be one to watch in this clash. Since his All Blacks debut in June 2016, the loose forward has scored 24 tries. Only six players have scored more for a Tier One nation in that period, while he has also assisted a further 19 tries. No other forward has assisted more than 11. Savea has also dotted down in each of his last two Tests against Argentina

History may be against Argentina, but there is some hope for Los Pumas. This is the stage that New Zealand have bowed out at most often in the World Cup. The All Blacks have recorded a 50% win rate in semi-finals, their lowest at any stage of the World Cup.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made two changes to his starting XV from the side that put on a ‘dispossession’ masterclass to beat Ireland 28-24 at the same venue last Saturday. Sam Whitelock replaces Brodie Retallick in the second row and Mark Tele’a comes in for Leicester Fainga’anuku on the left wing. Telea was left out of the side that played in the quarter-finals after breaking team protocol. A further change to the substitutes sees hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho recalled in place of veteran Dane Coles.

New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett; 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Mark Telea; 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith; 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (c), 6 Shannon Frizell; 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Samuel Whitelock; 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot. Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Dalton Papali’i, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Damian McKenzie, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown.

Coach Michael Cheika has made only one change to his matchday team from the side that defeated Wales 29-17, recalling Gonzalo Bertranou at scrumhalf ahead of Tomás Cubelli, who has been left out of the 23 entirely. Santiago Carreras is once again favoured to start at flyhalf ahead of centurion Nicolas Sanchez, who scored a memorable intercept try off the bench against Wales.

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallia; 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras; 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou; 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez; 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti; 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Thomas Gallo. Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Rodrigo Bruni, 21 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 22 Nicolas Sanchez, 23 Matias Moroni.

This will be the fourth time New Zealand and Argentina have faced each other at the World Cup. They met at the inaugural edition of the tournament in New Zealand in 1987 but would have to wait until the World Cup returned to New Zealand in 2011 before facing each other again – their only knockout meeting – while they also met in 2015.

In 36 matches between these two Rugby Championship rivals, including three in World Cups past, Los Pumas have won just twice – in November 2020, and August 2022. Ten players in New Zealand’s 23 here played in both those losses, including captain Sam Cane. Their most recent meeting saw the All Blacks run away with a 41-12 bonus point victory, in the opening round of the Rugby Championship.

This will be Argentina’s third appearance in the World Cup semi-finals, having previously reached this stage in 2007 and 2015. Los Pumas have never progressed to a World Cup final. Meanwhile, this is New Zealand’s fourth-consecutive semi-final, having last failed to reach the final four in 2007, when the World Cup was last hosted by France, who knocked them out in the quarter-finals.

Having finished second in Pool D, Argentina progressed to the semi-finals after producing a late flurry to come from a 10-point deficit and beat Wales by 12 points. New Zealand, who finished second in Pool A, claimed a memorable victory over Ireland, with a defensive masterclass helping the All Blacks survive a late Irish onslaught of over 30 phases of attack.

This is the first of the two semi-finals, with defending champions South Africa taking on 2019 finalists England at the same venue on Saturday night.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Rugby World Cup semi-final between Argentina and New Zealand at the Stade de France in Paris.