Redemption for Ella Toone! Winners & losers as England's under-fire midfielder steps up on the biggest stage to fire the Lionesses into the Women's World Cup final at Australia and Sam Kerr's expense

This was an incredible redemption story for Toone, whose place in the England team has been questioned time and time again both before and during this tournament, with her form having dropped a little.

The Manchester United star was an excellent super sub during the Euros last year, and while there were many pondering whether returning to that role would help her and benefit the team, Sarina Wiegman stuck by her No.10 and that faith paid off on Wednesday.

With the game extremely tight in the first half, it was Toone who broke the deadlock with a fierce strike inside the box that flew into the top corner. It'll do her confidence the world of good and, in turn, surely benefit her all-round game.

It also gives Wiegman a big decision to make this weekend as Lauren James, who had excelled in that No.10 role before her red card against Nigeria, will be available again after suspension.

Hemp was in flying form when last year's Euros came around, but it felt like we never really saw her hit top gear in the tournament on an individual level, even as England went on to lift the trophy.

This World Cup, however, has been a different story. Moving into a role as one of two strikers, she has thrived alongside Russo and this was her best performance yet in Australia - and probably even her best yet in an England shirt.

Her directness caused plenty of problems, her energy was a nuisance that allowed her to score her goal and her desire to run at players was what allowed her to set up Russo for the third. What a brilliant display.

When Kerr smashed the ball into the top corner of the England goal to level the scores on Wednesday, it looked like this was going to be her fairy-tale night. After missing all three group-stage games with injury, she was slowly reintroduced in the knockout rounds and marked her first start of the World Cup with an incredible strike.

However, the two huge misses that followed when the Lionesses were still only 2-1 up will haunt her. A little glance on Fowler's cross would've levelled the scores, but she made too much contact and sent it over the bar. A more composed finish when the ball fell to her six yards out, moments before Russo made it 3-1, would have, too. But it wasn't meant to be and it will hurt her.

"Knowing Sam, she probably thinks that goal was worth nothing," Australia head coach Tony Gustavsson said afterwards. "She's a winner. I know she's upset she missed the two chances. That's how she's wired."

There have been some tricky moments for Jess Carter in this tournament, with her targeted by Australia's pressing in this game and hitting some poor passes as a result.

But the Chelsea star is a really, really good at defending, even if she's not the most comfortable on the ball of England's back three, and she showed that in this game generally, but particularly at the end.

When Earps saved Cortnee Vine's shot late in the game, Emily van Egmond was ready for a tap-in at the back post until Carter intervened. It was a crucial intervention and the defender deserves huge credit for it as well as for her performances in this tournament.

Is there a better manager in international football than Wiegman? Probably not. On Sunday, she'll head to a fourth major final in six years and will hope it ends in a different way to the last time she was in the dugout for the showpiece event of a World Cup in 2019, when the United States beat the Netherlands in France.

Her England team had not excelled in this tournament, but the way they stepped up to the occasion in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals was superb, and the way they've adapted to different challenges and situations has been second-to-none.

Wiegman and her staff are behind so much of that and she deserves all the plaudits that will come her way after she became the first coach to lead two different national teams to a Women's World Cup final.

When Bright sent a long ball up to Hemp in the 71st minute, it looked like Carpenter had it under control. But a little pressure from Hemp caused panic, she lost the control and the England star capitalised on the mistake to finish.

Arnold had come out of her net a little at this point. Could she have come and taken control of the situation? Could she have simply raced in and picked it up? That's what Australia fans will be pondering after this result.

But Carpenter initially had the chance to deal with the danger and didn't. Australia fell behind again, their momentum slipped and, eventually, so did the game. It'll be a huge learning moment for a player who is still only 23 years old.