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QUICK TAP: BALANCED GAME VITAL IF CHIEFS ARE TO PROGRESS

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“I wouldn’t be surprised if we see the Hurricanes side that everyone wants to see this weekend,” he said.

But being 0-21 down at halftime in last Friday’s game was not something they had expected. However, they had regrouped in the second half and there was a possibility they could have won the game. That proved the character in the group, but at the same time they knew they couldn’t afford to give the Chiefs a similar sort of start this time around.

“They’ve been flying every game for the last five or six weeks in terms of their start and we can’t afford that to happen,” he said.

“Every individual has a job to do this weekend, we know we’ve worked hard to get to this point. It’s been a long season, we’ve arrived at playoffs time where we’re fortunate we’ve got a playoff at home. We’ve earned that right and we’re in front of our home crowd and we’re where we want to be.

“We know we are playing against a really tough team. We’ve talked about all these things and we’re just excited about the weekend.

“I guess the point I want to make is the past is in the past now and we’re good to go,” he said.

While they had a couple of injuries, they were excited and keen to retain their unbeaten record at home.