Umaga isn't ready to reflect publicly on his first season in Super Rugby yet. That will come after the game. But another win, no matter how it is achieved, will make it a success. Now on seven wins for the season, one more would put last year's woeful haul of three wins in true perspective.
A big boost to the team is the potential naming on the reserves bench of prop Charlie Faumuina and midfielder George Moala, both injured in the final test against Wales in Dunedin last month but available should they come through training with no trouble from their respective knee and elbow injuries.
If passed fit the pair are likely to come on in the second half, adding impetus and mobility to a side already playing with plenty of both.
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It will be a last Blues hurrah for lock Bekhuis, named as the coaches' player of the year on Monday, and he will be eager to carry on his standout season, along with hooker Parsons, named as the team's most important player, and Francis, named rookie of the year.
All three have been at the forefront of a steady team improvement under Umaga, who is likely to have watched closely how the Hurricanes went about dismantling the Waratahs last weekend. The Sydneysiders, coached by Kiwi Daryl Gibson, are a big, robust team who can be rattled.
"Discipline is important to us," Umaga said. "We are a side who give away a few penalties. I think that's over-eagerness ... sometimes we get too far ahead of ourselves. We know what the Waratahs bring. They're a desperate side at the moment, they need to play well and get a result for their own season to keep tracking forward."
There's no such pressure on the Blues. They just want to keep having fun.
