Rob Valetini's in for a rude shock this weekend. Your first Super Rugby mission in New Zealand is hard enough without needing to work out what a chilly bin is.
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But if his brief trans-Tasman encounters have taught him anything, it's to forget about the All Black armour.
So while he's one of several ACT Brumbies yet to taste victory across the ditch, Valetini is upbeat about ending a six-year drought even though he's yet to set foot in New Zealand.
"They're only human," Valetini said. "I haven't been to NZ myself, but hearing from the other boys it's a tough trip.
"I'm just really looking forward to getting stuck into the Chiefs. It's just about fronting up.
"My first time [against] the Chiefs I sort of looked at the as the All Blacks because there was a tonne of them there. As the game went on, they're just human. The same as us.
"The boys just need to back each other out there and I think we can get the job done."
The Brumbies play the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday night, aiming to be the first Australian team to beat an overseas opponent this year.
The problem is they haven't won anywhere in New Zealand in their past 13 attempts, stretching back to March 2014. Adding to that, they haven't beaten the Chiefs at home since 2007.
But a one-point loss against the Otago Highlanders last weekend has given the Brumbies belief instead of denting their confidence.
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The Highlanders scored an injury-time try to snatch victory and inflict the Brumbies' first loss of the year.
The result has added extra importance to the clash against the Chiefs. If the Brumbies win, they go into a bye week with three wins from four games.
If they fail to fire, they move back to the rest of the back with two wins and two losses.
Valetini has played every minute of the three games so far and says he is unfazed about the challenge of playing in New Zealand.
He made his Test debut last year, but is yet to play a game across the Tasman. The only time he has been in the country is waiting in an airport lounge en route from Argentina to Canberra.
But he's not the only one yet to taste a win in enemy territory. Lock Caderyn Neville has played for the Melbourne Rebels, Queensland Reds and Brumbies but hasn't experienced Kiwi success.
"We beat the Crusaders when I was at the Rebels, but I wasn't in the side. We had a chance in Hamilton one year, but blew that. And with the Reds we didn't [beat a New Zealand opponent]," Neville said.
"If it's there for the taking, you've got to take it. That's probably a silver lining from last week. We took some big lessons about how to finish it going forward.
"If you win this week you feel great for two weeks, [if you lose] you're dwelling on what could have been."
The Chiefs are unbeaten so far this season despite blending new and old faces together.
"I don't think the conveyor belt is going to stop any time soon. If they rolled out a team full of players I've never heard of, I wouldn't expect any less from how they play," Neville said.
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Saturday: Waikato Chiefs v ACT Brumbies at Hamilton, 5.05pm.