Familiar territory might trigger some "trauma" for Les Kiss but the Queensland Reds coach has backed his team to show how they've improved during his three seasons at the helm.
The Reds will play the Chiefs in a Saturday Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final in Hamilton.
It's the side's fifth-straight qualifying final appearance and second time in three years they'll attempt to make history at FMG Stadium Waikato.
Australian teams are 0-21 in Super Rugby finals played in New Zealand and the Reds haven't come close in the last two, trailing 28-0 and 27-0 in eventual losses to the Chiefs and Crusaders under Kiss.
"Thanks for the trauma," Kiss, who will take over as Wallabies coach in August, said of those slow starts.
