Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC One

That was sensational. The best team in the world would be thrilled with that. One touch finish. That is dream world football from New Zealand.

Norway, as in the first half, caught on the back foot. Nothing less than New Zealand have deserved. It does not get better.

What a way to score the opening goal of the World Cup on home soil.

Those scenes of celebration were brilliant to watch.

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Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Eden Park

The noise inside Eden Park is off the scale...

They will be building a statue of Hannah Wilkinson if the scores stays like this.

Is this going to be a World Cup full of surprises?

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Hannah Wilkinson has the ball on the left and the noise from the stands rises in anticipation as she looks to break down the flank, but accidentally runs the ball out of play.

Norway get the second half under way. There's no change in personnel or formation for them, so are they just hoping things will turn in their favour? Time will tell.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Eden Park

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They've just dimmed the floodlights at Eden Park so thousands of fans could light up the ground with their camera phones while they played Coldplay's A Sky Full of Stars really loudly over the speakers.

Jonas Eidevall
Arsenal manager on BBC One

A key for Norway is to involve Guro Reiten and Frida Maanum, they have barely seen the ball.

First, they need to go in central, have that central threat and after they can give the ball to Caroline Graham Hansen and she could exploit that 1v1 situation.

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Rhia Chohan
BBC Sport in Sydney

This fan zone in downtown Sydney wasn't open when we went down earlier, but there were already supporters (mainly Irish!) milling about.

Two of them said they saw poster girl Katie McCabe walk past while they were having coffee: “We got a selfie with her and she couldn’t have been nicer!”

Makes sense - the Republic of Ireland captain spoke yesterday of how special the fan moments have been in the build up to the tournament. ROI’s focus now will be creating a legacy for them.

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There's two games today with the Republic of Ireland making their World Cup debut against co-hosts Australia at 11:00 BST.

With expectant home support, Australia are tipped to go deep in the tournament and their build-up has been strong.

The Republic will have to be on top form if they are to get a positive opening result as they look to embrace a moment the have dreamt of their entire lives.

"We're going into the game with a solid game plan behind us, knowing we trust the players around us and we trust the players coming on," said striker Amber Barrett.

"After that, it is football and anything can happen."

Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC One

I think the pressure, anticipation, you've been waiting a while as the host nation. There is a lot of nerves. We've got another 45 minutes so let's hope for some goals!

Alex Scott
Former England and Arsenal defender on BBC One

New Zealand are playing like typical hosts, full of energy, buoyed by the crowd and really frustrating the crowd. Don't give the Norway talents time on the ball.

No stoppage time as the home fans show their appreciation for New Zealand's performance in that first half with a big applause as they go towards the tunnel.

New Zealand have been the better side.

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Only an excellent block by Maren Mjelde denies Hannah Wilkinson, who had once again powered through the Norway defence to get into the box.

New Zealand have another corner, but again it is cleared.

Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC One

They seem to be edging closer, there are more and more bodies in the box for New Zealand.

Down both flanks, Betsy Hassett and Indiah-Paige Riley seem to have the beating of the Norwegian full-backs.

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New Zealand are finishing this first half strongly as Hannah Wilkinson's pull back is cleared but CJ Bott soon picks the ball and the co-hosts are on the attack again. Bott swings it in but too close to Aurora Mikalsen in the Norway goal.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Eden Park

Another roar breaks out as New Zealand win a corner. The Football Ferns have a woeful home record but they have gone toe-to-toe with a Norway team that some have predicted to go deep in this tournament.

By the way, they were out of their seats earlier applauding Rebekah Stott for that wonderfully-times challenge that deny Ada Hegerberg the opening goal of the tournament.

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Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC One

Malia Steinmetz looks impressive. She gets so much freedom just outside the edge of the area.

She is able to slide balls into Betsy Hassett and Indiah-Paige Riley and it is giving New Zealand another opportunity from set pieces.

New Zealand have another chance from a corner and Ria Percival drives it into the near post but Norway clear.

Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC One

These big moments, home soil, opening game, players have probably dreamt about smashing a shot from 30 yards out and it flying in the top corner for your team to go and win, why not.

That was the best opportunity for either side really and a warning for New Zealand, who have otherwise done really well in frustrating Norway while creating attacking moments themselves.