ACT Brumbies flyer Joe Tomane hopes they can blow the Pretoria Bulls "out of the park" in the opening 20 minutes, but he's expecting another tight game from the South African province that needs to win to force their way into the Super Rugby top six.
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Scrumhalf Nic White says if the Brumbies lose to the Bulls at Canberra Stadium on Friday night then their chances of playing finals will be over.
Three of the past four contests between the Brumbies and Bulls have been decided by three points or less, with the Bulls' easy 44-23 victory last year the exception.
The Brumbies have struggled in close games this season, winning just one of their six games decided by five points or less.
"We have lost a few tight games this year so the way to not lose a tight game is to score four tries in the first 20 minutes, blow it out of the park," Tomane said.
"We'll be trying to do that, but they're a quality side and I don't think they'll let us.
"It will be a tight contest and we'll be doing everything we can to get the win."
The Brumbies need to win to not only have a chance of finishing on top of the Australian conference, but also of keeping their finals hopes alive.
They're sixth on 38 points, just two points ahead of seventh-placed Johannesburg Lions and three above the Bulls.
The Brumbies also trail Australian conference leaders NSW Waratahs by three points.
After the Bulls, they travel to Perth to play the Western Force before hosting the Canterbury Crusaders in the final round.
"If we lose one, we drop one and I'd say finals is probably out of contention. It's huge for us, every game is a grand final," White said. "I think we've been dealing with that sort of mentality pretty well, it was the same for the Lions game."
Before last year's blow out, the Bulls and Brumbies had fought out three nailbiters, including the Brumbies' thrilling 26-23 victory in the 2013 Super Rugby semi-final in South Africa.
There was also a 23-20 Brumbies victory earlier in the same season and a Bulls 36-34 triumph at Loftus Versfeld in 2012.
While the Brumbies have won two of the three recent nailbiters against the Bulls, they haven't faired as well in tight games this season.
It's a large reason why they are now teetering on the edge of the top six with three rounds to go.
They've suffered narrow losses to the Waikato Chiefs, the Auckland Blues, the Melbourne Rebels, the NSW Waratahs and the Cape Town Stormers.
But White said it wasn't a concern.
"We've lost a couple of tight ones, but they're the only ones we've lost, the tight ones," he said.
"If you get too caught up thinking about what we're going to do when it gets tight, we're forgetting about what we need to do to put them away early on.
"Hopefully we'll score some tries and take the doubt out of it."
Brumbies flyhalf Matt Toomua (ankle) didn't train on Tuesday and is racing the clock to be fit for Friday and White said he'd be given until the last minute to prove himself.
FRIDAY: ACT Brumbies v Pretoria Bulls at Canberra Stadium, 7.40pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.