80 mins: The hooter goes and the Australians celebrate their 22-18 win.

79 mins: Paul Deacon miskicks and gives away a penalty. Craig Fitzgibbon kicks the two points to extend the lead.
GB 18-22 Australia.

75 mins: Britain, however, hold on to the lead for just seconds as Craig Wing sprints down the left wing to find Brisbane Broncos' Darren Lockyer. He goes over to restore Australia's lead. Craig Fitzgibbon kicks the extra.
GB 18-20 Australia.

74 mins: Great Britain storm down the other end. Sean Long's pass is spilt, but Stuart Fielden picks up the loose pass to find Paul Sculthorpe who in turn finds the on-running Brian Carney who goes over for his second try of the match. Stuart Fielden kicks the extra.
GB 18-14 Australia.

70 mins: Australia run the ball to within metres of the tryline. Brett Kimmorley off loads a great pass to Craig Gower who has the simplest of tasks. Craig Fitzgibbon.
GB 12-14 Australia.

66 mins: Terry Newton is penalised after holding down his man in the tackle and gives Australia the advantage after Britain found themselves in a good position.

62 mins: Phil Bailey opts for a long kick into the try-scoring area but his effort is too long, and hands Britain the 20 metres.

59 mins: Australia concede a penalty after Danny Buderus comes square on the tackle. Sean Long kicks the penalty over.
GB 12-8 Australia.

55 mins: Keith Senior picks up a loose pass from Australia and runs half the length of the pitch. He is tackled by Darren Lockyer and releases his pass to Kris Radlinski, who unfortunately for Britain, fails to hold on to the ball.

54 mins: Australia make another handling error when Shane Webcke spills the ball.

50 mins: Britain's Keith Senior collects a pass from Paul Sculthorpe and scores following some intense pressure. Sean Long kicks the extra.
GB 10-8 Australia.

48 mins: Wigan's Andy Farrell begins a superb run of play for Britain after picking up Kimmorley's spilt ball. Australia's Darren Lockyer knocks on Sean Long's grubber just inches from his tryline. Britain win another five.

44 mins: A fight ensues after Australia's Brett Kimmorley is challenged by Brian Carney. Australia's Michael Crocker is handed a yellow card and sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes for his involvement.

41 mins: Richard Horne shepherds the ball out to prevent a tryscoring opportunity for Australia.

40 mins: Great Britain begin the second half on the attack.

40 mins Australia end the half on the attack.

38 mins: Britain's Sean Long reads an Australia kick well to win back possession. Australia concede a penalty which their opponents run. Britain's Kris Radlinski produces a poor kick.

36 mins: Australia's Brett Kimmorley leaves the field for the bloodbin.

31 mins: A kick from Darren Lockyer at dummy-half is picked up by Trent Waterhouse who scores his first try for the Kangaroos. The extra is missed from Craig Fitzgibbon.
GB 4-8 Australia.

28 mins: A superb break from St Helens' Paul Sculthorpe puts Britian in a great position with which to score a try. Keith Senior takes the ball but his pass to Richard Horne is not collected.

23 mins: Twelve-man Britain are producing a great defensive display. They receive a scare when Willie Mason runs over the tryline but referee Steve Ganson pulls the play back after the ball struck him in the build-up.

18 mins: Wigan's Brian Carney, on his international debut for Britain, picks up Sean Long's looping pass to run into the corner. Long misses another conversion.
GB 4-4 Australia.

16 mins: Britain are handed a penalty 10 metres from the tryline following a careless tackle. They are handed another penalty and choose to take the two points this time. Sean Long misses a relatively simple kick.

10 mins: Cronulla's Phil Bailey scores in the corner after great running from Brett Kimmorley. Craig Gower misses the extra.
GB 0-4 Australia.

7 mins: Keith Senior makes a superb break for Britain. Sean Long's grubber is pushed out by Australia giving Britain another five tackles.

4 mins: Britain's Kris Radlinski picks up Kimmorley's dangerous kick into the scoring area.

3 mins: Australia's Brett Kimmorley sends a testing kick into the corner which Britain's Richard Horne deals with.

1 min: Adrian Morley is sent off after a high-tackle on Australia's Robbie Kearns with just 12 seconds on the clock.

1830 GMT: Great Britain's Sean Long kicks-off the first Ashes Test.

The kick-off for the match is put back to 1830 GMT following traffic delays on approach to the stadium.

Hull's Richard Horne is given the chance by coach David Waite to make a name for himself after being included the in the 13-man starting line-up.

The 21-year-old, who will start on the left wing, is one of the few players in the 13 with little experience.

Sydney Roosters' Adrian Morley, Stuart Fielden and Jamie Peacock will be seeking to provide good support for half-backs Sean Long, who missed the 2001 series, and Paul Sculthorpe.

For Australia, Craig Wing is picked at centre in place of Ryan Girdler, whose his calf injury flared up again in the 76-4 win over Wales.

Apart from that Chris Anderson's Wallabies are at full-strength.

Great Britain: Radlinski, Carney, Connolly, Senior, Horne, Sculthorpe, Long, Fielden, Newton, Morley, Peacock, Farrell, Forshaw.
Replacements: Anderson, McDermott, Deacon, Gilmour.

Australia: Lockyer, Minichiello, Wing, Bailey, Hegarty, Gower, Kimmorley, Webcke, Buderus, Kearns, Simpson, Fitzgibbon, Ricketson.
Replacements: Civoniceva, Mason, Waterhouse, Crocker.