The ACT Brumbies are making no secret of their desire to complete unfinished business this Super Rugby Pacific season.
After a frustrating run bowing out in the semi-finals in the past five straight full Super Rugby campaigns, the Brumbies are intent on at least making the title match for the first time since 2013.
Incredibly and incredulously, Australia's perennial benchmark outfit have fallen at the penultimate stage of the competition in 2019 and from 2022-25, either side of winning Super Rugby AU during COVID in 2021.
The 2020 tournament was a complete wipe-out due to the pandemic.
Stephen Larkham's men enter the last regular-season round in fifth spot and needing to beat Moana Pasifika in Canberra on Saturday, while hoping the Crusaders lose to the table-topping Hurricanes, in order to snatch the all-important fourth spot on the ladder.