in Sunday's lopsided 52-6 World Cup qualifying victory over Trinidad and Tobago...for today the hard work of preparing for Chile begins.

The team have just eight days to iron out some kinks before flying down to South America next week for what will be a much tougher test for coach Peter Shillingford and his men.

"Obviously, we're not expected to beat Chile, they are the favourites of the group. But having watched Chile against Trinidad we are confident we can go down there and get a result,'' said Shillingford who has only been in the job since July.

"I'm not saying we are going to go down there and win but if we play to our full potential, with a little luck we could go down down and sneak a victory.

"It will be a much tougher game. In Santiago Stadium it will be difficult but we'll change our game plan slightly and use our strengths.'' Shillingford was about "75 percent happy'' with the Bermuda team's performance against Trinidad as fly half Ross Webber scored a try and kicked a penalty and seven conversions.

The real test is yet to come. Victory over Chile would be followed by matches against Paraguay and Uruguay in the third round.

"The more we keep winning the stiffer the competition gets, but that's the objective,'' said the coach.

"They (Uruguay and Paraguay) play Chile on a regular basis and the three sides are about the same. When the draw was made, Chile were estimated as being the weakest of the three but I don't know if that is the case now.

"If we do beat Chile obviously it would give us some hope that we could go through the next round as well.'' Shillingford will know by this evening more about the fitness of Scott Correia (hamstring) and Sean Fields (thigh) -- neither considered serious -- while Heath Robinson should also be consideredfor the Chile trip when a squad of 21 will travel.

Certainly the margin of victory over Trinidad should give the team plenty of confidence.

"I'm pleased with the result, we took our opportunities well,'' said the coach.

"I'm really pleased with the main core of our game, but obviously there is quite a lot to work on. We had a few problems in the lineout and squandered a few scoring opportunities early on which put a bit of pressure on ourselves.

"We're getting there but there is still quite a way to go. I'm about 75 percent happy which gives us plenty of room for improvement.'' The fact that it is still early in the new season means that the players have not seen much action.

"That is a big factor which we're taking into consideration,'' Shillingford acknowledged. "Yesterday's performance puts us in bouyant spirits and it is something to build on.

"It does take four or five games to get things into clockwork motion and it's our second or third game -- and our first big game really -- so I'm taking into consideration that with (lack of) match fitness and match practice come a few mistakes.

"We will be training quite hard this week, physically, and then also next week. We are travelling down next week so we will have to try to get in as much work as we can before the middle of next week and iron out the problems that we have got.'' Chile, according to Shillingford, are one of the top teams in the region and being at home will give them a tremendous advantage.

"They have something like 120 teams down there and a few thousand rugby players in a couple of divisions,'' Shillingford explained. "It is one of the top sports down there and they put a lot into youth development.

"Their side are very young, very fit and have been playing in the youth World Cup on the past four or five occasions, so they are very experienced.''