The Super Rugby competition becomes truly Pacific this weekend, with the New Zealand teams heading to Australia as the championship reaches its halfway point.
The five Kiwi sides will face their Australian and Fijian counterparts in what's being dubbed a "Super Round" in Melbourne.
Moana Pasifika will have to wait to get some non-New Zealand competition, with their game against the Western Force being postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the Perth-based side
.Rugby reporter Joe Porter takes a look at whether the matches will be any closer than last year.
