Liam Coltman is not getting ahead of himself.
The Waratahs and their big, bristling bunch of forwards await, but the Highlanders hooker and his team are staying calm.
Coltman (25) knows it is a big match, probably one of the biggest of his career, but sees no need to reinvent the wheel because it is a semifinal tomorrow night.
''We just need to stick to our game plan and do what we know we do best,'' Coltman said.
''It is just another game. If we stick to what we do, then things will come right.''
Coltman is a key part of that plan, and after a year to forget last season, the hooker has rebounded well.
He is hitting his jumpers, such an important part of his job, and getting round the field, running the ball up and making the tackles.
Coltman does not make it complicated. After all, his job in the front row is no-frills stuff.
''I'm just having fun. That is all it is. Just focusing on what I have to do. I've worked on a few different areas. A bit of everything, really.''
Rightly or wrongly, a hooker's performance is judged on his throwing to the lineout.
Every time it goes wrong, the hooker is in the gun. No matter that it involves nearly every other member of the forward pack.
Coltman said he had spent plenty of hours on his throwing since last season and it seemed to be getting results.
Assistant coach Tony Brown had helped him, getting the right balance when throwing and getting into a routine.
Coltman's crooked throws for the season could be listed on the back of a postage stamp with a big crayon.
He also has a weekly throwing competition at practice with Ash Dixon, the other hooker in the Highlanders squad, which helps with accuracy.
''We've got a wee competition going. It makes it a bit more fun and it's good for the team.''
Coltman said the Highlanders were excited about the Sydney semifinal and needed to keep up the momentum which had been gained over the past few weeks.
''We just have to fine tune a few things and we'll be right. Last week, with the crowd, it was unbelievable. It helped the boys get up and stay there,'' Coltman said.
The Waratahs will be just as physical, if not more so, than the vanquished Chiefs, but the bushy-bearded hooker is ready.
''They're a big side, all right, and a good side as well. I'm absolutely pumped. We just need to stick to what we do and play our game.''
Coltman, who has signed with the Highlanders for another couple of years and will play for Otago this year, was in the All Black frame last season but missed out this year.
He said it was not something which concerned him and he was just concentrating on playing for the Highlanders, and then Otago.
Coltman will have to do without his No1 supporter in the crowd tomorrow night.
His father, Tom Coltman, drives from his Taranaki farm to all corners of the country following his son. But he and his booming voice will not be crossing the Ditch.
''Dad has not got a passport, so he can't make it. He's seen nearly all of the games so far. He loves it. Just drives everywhere.
''I never hear him. Everyone else does but I never do.''