The Whakarewarewa faithful, primed to be crammed into all manner of transportation for their side's away semifinal with Tauranga Sports on Saturday, are hoping history really does repeat.
The Rotorua side has travelled to Tauranga Domain for semifinals twice in recent seasons, coming away with upset wins in 2006 and 2011 to storm into premier finals and a win and a loss to Rotoiti and Te Puke respectively.
Cagey manager Brent Drabble was not keen on those historical results being made public in the build-up, preferring instead to talk up his side as the underdogs.
"We haven't beaten Tauranga this year; they're the only team we haven't beaten," Drabble said.
"Maybe this is an opportunity to turn things around."