All Blacks heading into tonight's record-attempting match against the Wallabies may be feeling a bit daunted, but advice from rugby great Sir Colin Meads may put them - and their fans - at ease.
The team will be trying to break the record of 17 consecutive test match wins when they take on Australia in Sydney.
Sir Colin is one of the sport's most celebrated players and featured in the squad that first set the record between 1965 and 1969.
He said his team did not focus on the record when they took the field all those decades ago, and tonight's team should do the same.
"I don't think we even really thought about it at the time, it was just another game," he said. "But this is a different occasion, the Australians think they can win and they have spoken about it.