"We also need to play an assertive and rational game, making sure we are thinking outside the box, particularly around scrums and lineouts.
"Rangiuru stole our glory in the first round. It's going to be an exceptionally intense, physical and challenging game of rugby on Sunday and we are as prepared as we can be."
Meanwhile, Whakarewarewa travel to Apanui for their first Trophy game after having the bye in round one.
Despite beating Apanui at home earlier in the season, Whaka coach Ron James expected an improved performance in front of their home crowd.
"They'll front up, especially being on their own whenua down there.
"They'll always put in a respectable performance because, even though some of the scores don't reflect it, I don't think there's much difference between the bottom three teams.
"They have quite strong forwards, it'll be a battle up front and we've improved at our set pieces - I expect us to dominate those facets of the game."
James wanted to see his players get back to their game plan and stick to the systems they had in place.
"One thing we were looking at was individual performance, especially around the tackle area.
"We dropped off in the second half against Rangiuru so I'm looking for the girls to improve there and bring a bit of pride into their work ethic.
"Basically the one-on-one tackles and the technique - we know how to do it but mentally we had a bit of lapse."
James said having the bye last week came with positives and negatives.
"It's given our people with injuries and illness time to recover, so we're looking a bit stronger.
"It does make it harder to keep the momentum as well, with the illnesses and viruses going around you don't get the numbers at training - that's been a bit of an issue but we just have to try and work around those things," James said.
"We're just looking to build on what we've done all year and finish off the season really well."
