The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have gone head-to-head in the first sporting competition of their tour Down Under, as Meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging.

The Duchess threw a pink spotted wellington boot a little further than her husband, as they played the game with schoolchildren in Auckland.

The last time they enjoyed some friendly sporting rivalry, the Duke beat the Duchess at a netball drill leading one onlooker to joke that he had made an elementary mistake in failing to let his wife win.

On Tuesday, he rectified the situation, throwing his own boot gently underarm just a short distance.

The Duchess, who is unlikely to have come across the pastime of welly wanging in her previous life as a Californian actress, gamely stepped up, throwing her boot higher and slightly further.