Hello and welcome to Australia’s first game of the World Cup. They take on Italy at North Harbour Stadium in Albany

Australia, meanwhile, shape up like this: 15-Kurtley Beale, 14-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13-Anthony Fainga'a, 12-Pat McCabe, 11-Digby Ioane, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia, 8-Radike Samo, 7-David Pocock, 6-Rocky Elsom, 5-James Horwill (captain), 4-Dan Vickerman, 3-Ben Alexander, 2-Stephen Moore, 1-Sekope Kepu. Replacements: 16-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17-James Slipper, 18-Rob Simmons, 19-Ben McCalman, 20-Scott Higginbotham, 21-Luke Burgess, 22-James O'Connor

How much to do know about Italy heading into this clash?

Italy will line up like this today: 15-Andrea Masi, 14-Tomaso Benvenuti, 13-Gonzalo Canale, 12-Gonzalo Garcia, 11-Mirco Bergamasco, 10-Luciano Orquera, 9-Fabio Semenzato, 8-Sergio Parisse (captain), 7-Robert Barbieri, 6-Alessandro Zanni, 5-Cornelius van Zyl, 4-Carlo del Fava, 3-Martin Castrogiovanni, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1-Andrea Lo Cicero. Replacements: 16-Tommaso D'Apice, 17-Lorenzo Cittadini, 18-Marco Bortolami, 19-Paul Derbyshire, 20-Edoardo Gori, 21-Riccardo Bocchino, 22-Luke McLean.

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Australia on the other hand are coming into the tournament on a high of winning the Tri-Nations, beating New Zealand in Brisbane in the final match to seal the trophy

Italy have also lost all 13 matches the have played against Australia but this is the first time they have ever met in a World Cup fixture.

Italy have lost all but one of their opening fixtures at World Cups, conceding an average of 65 points in those five defeats, the exception being a 30-9 win over the USA in 1991.