Quote ="Mt Smart"Samoa aren't as strong as they could have been obviously with Roy and Steve Matai out , they have also not picked a large number of their top players that are available.
They will play hard though , you'd expect , they are under a lot of pressure to perform.
I was at the only Test between NZ and Samoa , It formed a double header with England and the New Zealand Maori.
Typically the first 20 minutes the Samoan's were all over the Kiwis , some no names made careers for themselves that night.
The way they started I thought Crikey we are going to Lose here.
The Kiwis went on to score 70 points.
A game you do not want to miss will be the likely replay of that Widerspool game when Tonga finish top of pool and play NZ in the quarter finals.
This Tongan team is the greatest they have ever assembled. They are capable of causing a massive upset.'"
Tonga look a decent side. Taufua should be lining up on Australia's left wing