Scotland v Samoa: Teams
Allan Jacobsen believes Scotland's famous win over South Africa will count for little if they now lose to Samoa.
Last Updated: 27/11/10 5:23pm
Allan Jacobsen believes Scotland's famous win over South Africa will count for little if they now lose to Samoa.
Scotland shocked the world champions by recording a 21-17 victory at Murrayfield.
And although the venue will be different against the Samoans, with the game being played in Aberdeen, Jacobsen wants a similar result.
Jacobsen said: "The main reason we beat South Africa was that we just kept knocking them down.
"And it will be the same story up at Aberdeen because the Samoans will be every bit as tough.
"They are a good team full of good players - and everyone knows how physically hard these guys are.
"We have now set a certain standard. We found that level and now we must focus on reproducing it every time.
"We fell below that standard against the All Blacks and look what happened - we reached it against the Boks, and again look what happened.
Confident
"We are well aware that if we want to win internationals we need to perform at that grade."
Injury to Scott MacLeod has forced coach Andy Robinson to tinker with his pack, with Richie Vernon named at No.8 and Nathan Hines switching to the second row.
While Scotland's confidence might be high after their win over the Boks, the Samoans believe they can bring their hosts crashing back to earth.
Samoa have shown plenty of heart and endeavour in the narrow defeats to Ireland and England - and London Irish centre Seilala Mapusua believes his side can now go one step further and record a win in Aberdeen.
"We could and should have beaten England last week - and I am confident we can get the result we want at Aberdeen," said Mapusua.
"Twickenham was an opportunity lost and we are all very frustrated.
"We knew England were worried about us when their fans sang Sweet Chariot to drown out our war dance before the kick-off. That was a mark of respect for us and the threat we posed.
"It was the first time I had ever felt they respected us as a team."
Samoa have also made one change to their line-up, with prop Census Johnston coming into the starting XV.
Scotland: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Rory Lawson (capt), 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Moray Low, 18 Jim Hamilton, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Ruaridh Jackson, 22 Max Evans
Samoa: 15 Paul Williams, 14 David Lemi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Seilala Mapusua, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tasesa Lavea, 9 Kahn Fotualii, 8 George Stowers, 7 Manaia Salavea, 6 Ofisa Trevarinus, 5 Kane Thompsen, 4 Filipo Lavea Levi, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Mahonri Schwalger (capt), 1 Sakaria Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Ti'I Paulo, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Iosefa Tekori, 19 Afa Aiono, 20 Junior Poluleuligaga, 21 Daniel Leo, 22 Fautua Otto