Don't be surprised to see the autograph hunters bowling up to the odd coach during the Junior World Championship.

For about 10 minutes, it looked like Scotland was going to set the proverbial cat among the Pool C pigeons.

New Zealand opened its JWC account with a workmanlike, though far from perfect, defeat of Samoa in Albany.

From the get-go, this clash appealed as the tightest fixture of the day.

Twelve months of planning since the disappointments of the fourth-place finish at the 2013 Junior World Championship come to a head tonight.