Relive the excitement of this final in our match report from Angus Fontaine.

We're now hearing from Jillaroos captain Isabelle Kelly.

"Firstly I just want to thank the Kiwi Ferns, it's been such a great rivalry for so many years, with so much respect between our teams," she says. "To my team, I firstly want to thank the girls who didn't take the field today, you've done so much to make sure we got to hold this trophy up today. To Jess and all the girls, this has been my favourite World Cup and I'm so honoured to get to lead this team."

The Jillaroos are receiving their champions' medals now from Australian women's rugby league legend Karyn Murphy.

The New Zealand captain Georgia Hale is speaking now.

"Thanks so much to all our fierce and staunch supporters who have been with us for this whole tournament," she says. "We didn't quite get the job done today, but the best of the Kiwi Ferns is yet to come, so stay with us."

No great surprises here, Chapman was fantastic with her three tries and so strong under the high balls.

"Thanks to everyone for coming out," she says. "Thanks to our Kiwi sisters, you should be proud of yourselves and how you represented your country. To my sisters, I'm so proud of each of you. Thank you to my family, you come to each and every game and I'm so lucky to be surrounded by such great support."

is looking incredibly happy and proud after her final ever professional rugby league game.

"I grew up playing rugby league as a young girl for the Cobargo Eels. It's the friendships and the camaraderie of being in a team that I've loved the most and will miss the most."

Despite a lacklustre second half, the Jillaroos still come away with a dominant win in the the World Cup final. The Ferns put up a great fight after the break, but both teams struggled in the heat and there wasn't a lot of points to be had in the half.

But the Jillaroos will be celebrating regardless and will be very happy with a strong first half to set up their win.

The Ferns were determined to finish with a try and after Kelly loses the ball collecting the kick, Wiki picks it up and dives over the line.

69 mins: On the wind down now and the Jillaroos finally complete a set – Paki makes a good line break and has Chapman on the outside, but she can't get the ball away and is pulled down to end the set. The Ferns continue their campaign to try to get some second half points. They're assisted by a penalty on Apps.

67 mins: A little break as Nicholls falls to the ground clutching her hamstring. A disappointing end to her World Cup campaign. The Ferns look like they may score after a great fifth tackle kick and receive and some great passing, but Kelly pulls out a brilliant try-saving tackle.

65 mins: A big carry and some strong post-contact metres from Biddle on the third tackle for the Ferns. They try to make a big last tackle play, but they can't get a kick away and the Jillaroos shut them down. Once again they can't quite complete their set on the last tackle – Southwell makes a good line break and flicks the ball out to Apps, but she can't control it.

63 mins: The Ferns complete their set and Upton picks up the kick and runs it. They nearly complete their set, but there's another forward pass called on the last tackle and hand the ball back over to the Ferns – they've now made nine errors in the second half.

61 mins: Sergis makes a strong line break and gets the Jillaroos back on track. But soon after, the referee rules a forward pass and we have another change of possession. It's been quite a while since we've had a completed set. The Ferns take the scrum feed and march on down the field.

59 mins: An error from Church gives the ball back to the Ferns, but a couple of tackles later, Biddle makes an error as well. We take a quick break with a head clash between Taufa and McGregor. Taufa gets taped up on the field, while McGregor heads off for a HIA. The Jillaroos get the scrum feed, but Aiken immediately loses the ball. The Ferns then lose the ball a few tackles later. The wheels are falling off both teams now.

57 mins: The Ferns start with the ball after the break and play a decent set, but there's no contest on the kick receive – they need to put more pressure on at this stage of the game.

We're taking a drinks break now – both teams will be happy for this reprieve from the stifling heat and humidity.

55 mins: The Ferns get a penalty for Chapman being offside and they have a huge opportunity now. The Jillaroos defence is unbreakable, they are so strong and determined, wrapping them up ball and all to stop the offloads. The Jillaroos get the ball from their 20m line after the kick goes dead in goal and get on the attack.

53 mins: Some great footwork and offloading from the Jillaroos as they get close to the line. Penitani Gray is ruled to knock the ball on in the tackle – the Jillaroos challenge but finally they get one wrong and the Ferns get the scrum feed. A great line break from Nicholl gets them down the field and there are some huge try-saving tackles on the line from Kelly and Chapman.

51 mins: Southwell finishes the Jillaroos' set with an absolutely fantastic kick that settles right down in the corner of the field. But Southwell undoes her good work by giving away a penalty for crowding in the tackle. And then Waaka loses in the ball in the tackle on the first play. The heat may be starting to get to both teams now.

49 mins: A scrum feed from the Ferns 10m out and they have the opportunity to score the first points of the half. The Jillaroos hold a strong line and make it very difficult. The Ferns get a kick through the line, which is taken by Upton and she does very well to get back into the field of play.

47 mins: Chapman fields the bomb from Kiria-Ratu with ease and the Jillaroos look to get down the field and score their first points in the second half. But the Ferns hold them down in their own half in a good defensive display. They follow it up with strong counterattack – they're looking better in this half and appear to have plenty of fight left in them. McGregor puts up a brilliant kick, Church comes down with it, but loses it in the tackle.

45 mins: Another successful captain's challenge from the Jillaroos – Belinda Sharpe is sure she's going to catch them in a genuine knock on one of these times, but it hasn't happened yet. A big line break from Kernick, but her pass can't find Apps and the Ferns dive on it. Waaka tries some fancy footwork to break through the line, but the defence is too strong.

43 mins: Another strong set from the Jillaroos that finished with a good kick from Southwell, who threads it through, but Kelly gives away a penalty with a high tackle on the kick receive. Penitani Gray then gives away another and ends up on report for a dangerous tackle.

41 mins: Aiken nearly dives over the line, but is held up in a brilliant try-saving tackle by Nicholl. It's a good set for the Ferns, finished with a spiralling kick that Church controls with her foot and guides over to Upton.

39 mins: Church makes another great line break, offloads to Bent, who gets it to Aiken for a deft little kick. The Ferns are forced into a line drop out and it's another attacking set for the Jillaroos.

37 mins: Sergis nearly comes up with the ball from the kick off, but the Ferns grab it and make their way down field. Plenty of great offloads nearly gets them down to the try line, but they put up a kick and Sergis collects it, makes a great run, then there's an intercept from the Ferns, then they lose the ball, the Jillaroos pick it up again and the referee rules a double knock on, with the Jillaroos getting the first touch. They again challenge it and are successful, so get the ball back on their own 20m line.

The Jillaroos have kicked off and the second half is underway!

Taking a look at some stats now – the Jillaroos have had 58% of the possession, which isn't miles more than the Ferns, but they have done so much more with it. Australia lead the run metres 882m to 384m, which is very telling. The Australian women also have seven line breaks to one and 21 tackle breaks to four, so it has been very hard for the Ferns to match it considering their solid, but not amazing sets. They'll work hard to try to reverse some of these stats in the second half.

A hugely dominant half for the Jillaroos, who have put their heart and soul into this match so far and are desperate to take home this World Cup. Chapman starred with three tries in the half, equalling the record for most tries in a tournament. Speaking at the break, she was confident in her team's ability to close this match out in the second half.

"I am happy with how we are going but we still have another half, we'll be ready to come back out," she said. "It is so humid and hot. It feels like Bali, I'm going there next week! It's good on the lungs but we are fitter and stronger and we'll come out in the second half and go again."

The Kiwi Ferns haven't been playing badly, but they just haven't been at the same level as the Jillaroos. There haven't been too many errors, but they aren't able to match the dynamism and flair of the Australians so far. But with the extended half time break and a bit of a rev up, they may be able to turn this around and have a strong second half.

35 mins: Just 30 seconds before half time for the Jillaroos to try to add to their score and they immediately pick up a penalty and take a quick tap. They get another penalty for a late hit on the kicker, but they opt not to make another run and Southwell flops on the ground to take us to half time.

Upton has made this one nice and easy for Southwell and she adds the two points.

The Ferns take the scrum feed 40m out from Australia's line and push down the field. An offload to McGregor gets her into some space, she passes to Waaka who drops the ball and the Jillaroos are back on the attack. A good line break from Southwell gets them into strong field position and then Church and Upton combine on the wing for a little give and go to put Upton over – running across to put the ball down near the uprights.

31 mins: Another challenging kick for Southwell, but she can't slot this one and it hits the post. The Jillaroos start another set, but lose the ball through an incorrect play the ball.

A huge line break from Chapman sees her power down the field past the defence and gets her third try of the match!

29 mins: The Ferns start the set deep in their own half, but they look determined and are making some good post-contact metres and looking for offloads. A really nice kick from Kiria-Ratu finds Waaka, who offloads the ball. There is a knock on ruled against Australia, but a captain's challenge finds that they did not in fact touch the ball and we go back to the previous play the ball. The Ferns put up a bomb that is taken well by Aiken.