Eddie Jones’ attack coach has paused from plotting the downfall of Tonga to admit England could do more to help the cash-strapped rugby minnows.
When not on Red Rose duty Scott Wisemantel runs the Pacific Combine, an initiative aimed at giving players from the Island nations a leg-up into the professional game.
In Sapporo on Sunday his job is to prepare England to add a third World Cup win over Tonga to the victories of 1999 and 2007.
But the impressive Aussie also sees the bigger picture and recognises that until the top nations do more for the Islands the World Cup will remain an uneven clash between rugby's haves and have-nots.
“Tonga need that competition,” he said. “Yes, I want to win this game and win it well, but at the same time I want to see Tonga play well. I want it to be a contest. They’re the values of rugby, aren’t they?”
Wisemantel doubts the sport's top teams - many of whom, like England with the Vunipola brothers, benefit from Tongan talent - will actually make the trip to the South Pacific.
Earlier this year Europe's top six rugby countries rejected a proposal to create the Nations Championship, a world league which would have shared money more equally amongst the great and not-so-good.
Instead they have just struck a deal worth more than £300 million to sell a 15 per cent share of the Six Nations to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. That is unlikely to do much for Polynesian rugby.
Wisemantel, though, insists there is "no reason" well-heeled nations should not do more to help those less fortunate than themselves.
"Other teams, like Italy, have and I don’t think that just because it’s England you can think you’re above everyone else,” he said.
Jones has warned England that the Tongans will be massively motivated by representing their nation on the world stage - and will also view it as a gilt-edged opportunity to play for pro contracts in Europe.
