Both are going into Round three with one win and one loss, with both having beaten the Blues but lost to the Highlanders.
The Chiefs will be looking to tidy up their game in the tackle zone, where they were penalised five times for sealing off last week.
Watch for - the lineouts, with both teams performing very well in this area plus some needle as Sonny Bill Williams fronts up against his old team, the Crusaders.
FORCE v HURRICANES
These two teams have met six times, with the Hurricanes winning five of those matches.
Cory Jane has managed to score match winning tries in two come-from-behind victories for his side against the Force - in Perth in 2009, and again last year in Palmerston North when the Hurricanes won 34-28.
This Perth match will be the last one in the Hurricane's overseas tour, and they have one of the best overseas touring records of any New Zealand side. They have won at least two of their three overseas matches twice in the last six years (2006 and 2008), making the semi-finals on those occasions.
Both teams are travelling to play in Perth, the Force from Queensland and the Hurricanes from South Africa. The Force are yet to have a win in 2012, and will be looking for home advantage to swing things in their favour.
Beauden Barrett is the top New Zealand points scorer with a total of 36 points, including one try.
Nathan Sharpe, captain of the Force, will play his 150th Super game.
HIGHLANDERS v WARATAHS
History shows that the Waratahs have had the upper hand in this contest since the origins of Super Rugby in 1996, with 12 wins to the Highlanders' four.
The last win the Highlanders had over the Waratahs was at Carisbrook in 2010, when they prevailed 26-10 so they will be hoping home ground advantage will be the key this week.
The Waratahs may have a small advantage having had Bryce Lawrence as their referee last week when they conceded thirteen penalties in their win over the Rebels, so will know how he will police the breakdown - a key strength of the Highlanders' game.
Watch for Waratah's centre Rob Horne, who made two clean linebreaks last week.
The Highlanders' Phil Burleigh is the leading New Zealand tryscorer, having bagged a try in both games played so far.
The Highlanders only made eight handling errors last week, which combined with their ability to hold onto possession for multiple phases could suffocate the Waratahs out of the game.
BULLS v BLUES
Overall the Blues have won eight of the thirteen games played between the two teams.
The Bulls, who are two from two so far this year, play the Blues for the first time since 2010 when the Blues won 32-17 in Auckland. That win made the Blues one of just three teams to beat the Bulls that season as they went on to take out the Super title.
However, the last time the Blues played the Bulls in Pretoria (2009) they lost 59-24.
The last time the Blues lost their two opening games was in 2006 they went on to finish in 8th place. A loss the weekend could mean having to win all their remaining games to have a chance at the play-offs.
Watch out for superboot Morne Steyn, who is the only South African to score 1000 points in Super Rugby. Last week he kicked 21 points in the Bulls' 51-19 win over the Cheetahs to move past the 1000 points mark (he is on 1012 at the moment).
Steyn also holds the tournament record for drop goals, with 22 successes.
Watch out for Bulls midfielder Wynand Olivier who has scored 25 tries, the most in the Bulls side.
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