The Chiefs' challenge in Suva tonight was laid bare in Christchurch last week.
Most obviously, it's an unbeaten Crusaders team who were just too strong for the defending champion Hurricanes.
But, no less plainly, it's a set piece that displayed enough dominance that it was fair to wonder whether both packs possessed eight men.
And that performance was not an anomaly. So sound is the platform being laid up front, 36 of the Crusaders' 61 tries this season have started at a lineout (23) or scrum (13), more than any other team.
That figure, combined with footage of the Hurricanes' match, should be enough to make the Chiefs blanch.