Rugby League: Australia hand New Zealand a masterclass to win World Cup

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Australia regained their place at the head of rugby league's top table with a 34-2 thrashing of defending champions New Zealand in the World Cup final on Saturday.

The Kangaroos scored five tries in a sublime performance of hard-nosed defence mixed with a superior kicking game and a sharp eye for an attacking opportunity in outplaying a sluggish Kiwi side that failed to fire.

Australia had the first real attacking chance, one-time Fijian Jarryd Hayne knocking on a Cooper Cronk cross-field kick after prop Jesse Bromwich had spilled the ball early on the first Kiwi set, in a sign of what was to come.

Thurston opened the scoring with a simple penalty after Kieran Foran nudged Bill Slater off chasing a bomb.

With only four big men on the interchange, it all became a little "route one" and predictable for New Zealand.