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Ben Smith makes a strong run for the corner but is stopped in his tracks by some great Argentinian defending. The ball dribbles out into touch.

But the All Blacks conditioning, depth and composure has helped them to a 10-point buffer with two minutes to play.

Into the last minute now and Argentina have the ball on halfway.

It's all over. The All Blacks have beaten Argentina 26-16.

Make sure you stick around. Herald rugby expert Wynne Gray will join us in 20 minutes for a Live Chat, where he answers all your questions from today's game. Send your questions in now.

From Patrick McKendry at Wembley:
This wasn't so much a bullet dodged by the All Blacks, but a blue-and-white striped missile.
On a day when history was created - the World Cup's biggest ever crowd of 89,019, the All Blacks prevented two more. They have never before lost a World Cup pool game or a test to Argentina.

And, with both Richie McCaw and Conrad Smith in the sinbin at the end of the first half and Argentina holding a 13-9 lead, a defeat looked a very real possibility.

While Smith saw yellow for a ruck infringement - and it was a close run thing - McCaw isn't likely to be happy with his decision to trip Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe. It brought jeers from the large Pumas contingent in the crowd and contributed to his team playing with 13 men for the remaining 92 seconds of the first half. Not ideal, as coach Steve Hansen might say.

Argentina captain Tomas Cubelli: We played a good game, it was good work. We knew it would be difficult to maintain our high level for 90 minutes and have some things to work on.

McCaw: This is a magic place to play. It's one of the best grounds in the world to play at. 90,000 fans screaming was amazing, it's what you play the game for.

Gregor Paul from Wembley Stadium: It fell into a predictable pattern in the end, but a nation was left wondering for what would have felt like an interminable period as to whether it ever would.
Argentina were always going to be hard to break down. But they were really hard this time. Worryingly good for periods to rattle the All Blacks and make things way more nerve racking than any Kiwi would have enjoyed.

Keep firing your questions through guys, Herald rugby expert Wynne Gray will be with us very shortly to answer them in our Live Chat.

Right, time to get started. Wynne will join us for the next 45 minutes. Keep firing your questions through.

Sure. They were rusty but saw off a huge physical challenge then delivered some attacking clout which is as good as any team.. They are also massively fit. ,

The RWC officials and hopefully the teams, have set new standards for pedantry. Clearly they want to make a stand about perceived foul play and other illegalites and have told the referees to rule that way. Barnes fits that template big time.,