First up a David Campese-assisted Australia - and you can almost hear Hong Kong captain Nigel D'Acre smacking his lips. An Aussie himself, D'Acre is itching for the action to start today.
'We can't wait to meet them. I hope they will be sluggish and we will be able to catch them cold in their first game,' said D'Acre (pictured), conjuring visions of an enormous upset.
Hong Kong take on Australia in the opening game of the tournament. Was it some judicious planning by the home committee, hoping to stack the odds in D'Acre's favour?
'I don't think so,' grinned D'Acre. 'It is just that we are in pool F and with the order of play being reversed this time - last time pool A began the tournament - it just fell to us to play the first game.'
That means an early start for Hong Kong, so home-team fans had better get to the stadium for the 4.30pm kick-off. The days when Hong Kong used to save their best players for the games they felt they could win are long gone. Even though Australia are the seeded side in a pool also comprising France and Tonga, Hong Kong won't be holding back.
'We will certainly not be thinking of saving ourselves for Saturday or Sunday,' said D'Acre.
'Our entire focus is first on game one, then game two and game three in the pool. We are not going to rest anyone. We have beaten Australia before, back in 1996 in Japan.