Sunday's clash on Father's Day with in-form Otago at the Tauranga Domain looms as a must-win for the Bay of Plenty Steamers.
The Steamers side features two changes to the starting line up from the loss to Counties Manukau last Sunday.
Troy Callander starts at lock instead of Culum Retallick, who injured his knee against Counties Manukau, with Rio Olympics sevens player Regan Ware on the wing.
Head coach Clayton McMillan says his team needs to display accuracy and urgency to produce a winning performance against an inform Otago side that has won three from three.
"The team are disappointed to have lost our opening two games, but have taken confidence from aspects of those games and are determined to play with more accuracy and urgency over 80 minutes," he says.
"We simply can't allow teams at this level to get a jump on us early and expect to claw our way back late in the games as has been the case in the last two weeks.
"Otago are a classy outfit who have made an impressive start to their campaign and won't give us anything for free".