Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of Australia v USA from Wellington.

Now the handling error from Quade Cooper, scrappy start from the Wallabies.

Lots of noise in the stadium and plenty of support for the USA. Early knock-on in midfield by Wycliff Palu.

And we are off!

Time for the anthems.

USA: 15-Blaine Scully, 14-Colin Hawley, 13-Tai Enosa, 12-Junior Sifa, 11-Kevin Swiryn, 10-Nese Malifa, 9-Tim Usasz (captain), 8-JJ Gagiano, 7-Pat Danahy, 6-Inaki Basauri, 5-Hayden Smith, 4-Scott LaValla, 3-Eric Fry, 2-Phil Thiel, 1-Shawn Pittman. /// Replacements: 16-Brian McClenahan, 17-Matekitonga Moeakiola, 18-Louis Stanfill, 19-Nic Johnson, 20-Mike Petri, 21-Roland Suniula, 22-Chris Wyles

Australia: 15-Kurtley Beale, 14-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13-Anthony Faingaa, 12-Robert Horne, 11-Drew Mitchell, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia (captain), 8-Wycliff Palu, 7-Ben McCalman 6-Rocky Elsom, 5-Nathan Sharpe, 4-Rob Simmons, 3-Ben Alexander, 2-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1-James Slipper /// Replacements: 16-Stephen Moore, 17-Sekope Kepu, 18-Dan Vickerman, 19-Radike Samo, 20-Luke Burgess, 21-Berrick Barnes, 22-Pat McCabe

Today's referee is Nigel Owens from Wales.

We are the Regional Stadium today, also known as the Westpac Stadium and nicknamed ‘The Cake Tin’ (because of its circular shape and silver colour), this arena was opened in 2000.

"Obviously coming off the back of a loss we needed to get that energy back in the team," Wallabies centre Anthony Fainga'a said. "That's something we want to bring tomorrow night (Friday) and moving forward."

Still smarting from their upset defeat by Ireland, Australia will be looking to run in a feast of tries against the United States io boost their battered confidence. The Wallabies looked stunned after their surprise 15-6 Pool C defeat by Ireland at Eden Park on Saturday and the US are expected to provide little resistance in Wellington for the Tri-Nations champions, who face a difficult path to the final after the loss.