Australia v Scotlandpublished at 15:34
Kick-off 16:00 BST
England's flanker-in-exile Steffon Armitage wishes his Aussie Toulon team mates Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell luck ahead of today's match.
Summary
Quarter-final result: Australia 35-34 Scotland
Foley kicks last-minute penalty to secure Wallaby win
Ashley-Cooper, Mitchell 2, Hooper, Kuridrani tries for Aus
Horne, Seymour, Bennett tries, Laidlaw 5 pens, 2 cons for Sco
Australia to play Argentina in the semi-finals
Australia v Scotlandpublished at 15:34
Bodies in the furnace, brains in the fridgepublished at 15:33
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Image source, Getty ImagesLast weekend against Wales saw Australia mount one of the finest defensive efforts of any World Cup.
With Will Genia and Dean Mumm both in the bin, the Wallabies held out against wave after wave of Welsh attacks.
Warren Gatland's side did everything short of loading Jamie Roberts into a catapult and slinging him at the yellow wall and still could not find a way through.
Period of play like that forges lifelong bonds between teams. And are well worth a forensic examination. BBC chief sport writer Tom Fordyce has done just that.
Southern Hemisphere dominancepublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 18 October 2015
With the three confirmed semi-finalists all from the Southern Hemisphere, Matt Dawson poses the question we're probably all asking ourselves.
Postpublished at 15:28
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Image source, APFormer England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has just suggested on ITV Sport that the difference that the southern hemisphere sides have over their northern rivals is an markedly superior ability to "pass and catch the ball".
Is it that simple? Have teams in the north got so caught up in pumping iron, popping supplements and learning complex defensive systems that they have forgotten the simple joy of playing off-the-cuff rugby?
That might be a big part of it.
Team newspublished at 15:24
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Image source, Getty ImagesKey Australian duo David Pocock and Israel Folau have failed to overcome injuries in time to face Scotland in Sunday's World Cup quarter-final.
Ben McCalman and Kurtley Beale replace the duo at number eight and full-back respectively.
Flanker Michael Hooper returns from a one-week suspension incurred for a dangerous clear-out.
Australia: Beale, Ashley-Cooper, Kuridrani, Giteau, Mitchell, Foley, Genia; Sio, Moore (capt), Kepu, Douglas, Simmons, Fardy, Hooper, McCalman.
Replacements: Polota-Nau, Slipper, Holmes, Mumm, McMahon, Phipps, Toomua, Cooper.
Very fancy dresspublished at 15:21
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The Wallbies have brought some serious fancy-dress apparel to this quarter-final.
It is going to take more than some Tam O' Shanters to top that.
Image source, ReutersThe streets are full of goldpublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 18 October 2015
Get involvedpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 18 October 2015
#bbcrugby
After Ireland's exit, it's all down to Scotland to bring some joy to the northern hemisphere.
No pressure then.
Get Involvedpublished at 15:14
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Image source, Getty ImagesThere are still some Argentina players bouncing on the Millennium Stadium turf like Zebedee after their win over Ireland in today's first quarter-final.
Scotland are the last European side left standing and the last-eight score so far stands at southern hemisphere 3-0 Northern hemisphere.
Judging by the Pool stages, the gap between Tier One and Tier Two nation may have been narrowing.
Judging by the knock-out stages so far, the class divide between the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere may be creaking wider.
Fair? If so, what are the Rugby Championship nations doing different and how can our friends in the north catch up?
Your remedies of Europe's woes to #bbcrugby, external on Twitter and 81111 on text from UK phones.
BBC Coveragepublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 18 October 2015
BBC Radio 5 live coverage underway
Simply click on the coverage tab at the top of this page, to enjoy all the pre-match build-up.
Ford and J Gray start for Scotlandpublished at 15:08
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The bookmakers will be tweaking the numbers on offer for Scotland in the past hour.
After hooker Ross Ford and second row Jonny Gray successfully appealed on Saturday against the three-week bans picked up for an over-eager clear-out against Samoa, both were available to be slipped into the Scotland team at late notice.
Coach Vern Cotter has pulled the ripcord. Fraser Brown and Tim Swinson drop to the bench.
Scotland line up thus:
Scotland: Hogg, Maitland, Bennett, Horne, Seymour, Russell, Laidlaw (capt); Dickinson, Ford, Nel, J Gray, R Gray, Cowan, Hardie, Denton.
Replacements: Brown, Reid, Welsh, Swinson, Strauss, Pyrgos, Vernon, Lamont.
Wallabies bounced out?published at 15:04
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Image source, Getty ImagesScotland were not favourites on a sleety evening in June 2012 either.
They had lost their previous seven matches and were playing a Wallabies side ranked second in the world.
Australia did not see the game as worthy of a weekend big-city billing. Instead it was played on a Tuesday evening in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Just as they did, in similarly dogged defensive style, at Murrayfield three years before.
Scots need the "game of their lives"published at 15:00
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Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Australia international Michael Lynagh says, external the Scots must "play the game of their lives" to win.
The bookies think Australia by 11-15 points.
History tells us that the Wallabies have won more than twice as many of their previous meetings as Scotland.
Fortunately the Scots have shown before they can shake off their underdog tag and pull off a big upset.