The Chiefs' comeback win against the Hurricanes was all the more impressive given the absence - at least, physically - of head coach Clayton McMillan.
Illness prevented McMillan joining his staff in the coaching box at Sky Stadium, although he was in constant communication, via video link.
"He was on a video call behind us, watching a feed that wasn't lagging too much," explained assistant coach David Hill.
"We just had him on the speaker and when he wanted to chuck something in there, he could. It was probably more around halftime, his observations and what the messages should be.
"If we'd lost, we probably would have looked into it a bit more around how much of a disruption it was, but he did a massive amount of work - as he always does - in the front end of the week."
Such a review will clearly be unnecessary, after the Chiefs battled back from a nine-point deficit at the interval with an irresistible second-half performance.
The visitors ran in three tries among 25 unanswered points to close out a 33-17 victory and reclaim their spot atop the Super Rugby Pacific standings, off the back of their seven-win start to the season.
The Chiefs are now tied on 31 competition points with ACT Brumbies, with a superior points differential giving them the edge. They also have a game in hand.
"The second half was pretty cool… pretty impressive," Hill said. "Exploiting some opportunities from counterattack and turnover is probably when we're at our best, and there were a couple of setplays we were really happy with.
"They didn't strike as well as they did in the first half and started making some errors, and momentum is a funny old thing. When you feel like it’s going your way, we’re a team that can ride it."
First-five Damian McKenzie was at the forefront of the Chiefs revival, continuing the eyecatching form that will have All Blacks coach Ian Foster - who was in attendance at Sky Stadium - and his staff salivating.
The mercurial pivot accounted for 21 of the team's total points, including the match-sealing try, when he accelerated on the outside of his defender to sneak over the line in the 77th minute.
"He's a great leader off the field, and a massive part of our preparation and strategy," said Hill. "He just loves sunny days, no wind.
"He's in a rich vein of form. There's elements of his game that have a little bit of risk, but we live with it, because it has a lot of reward.
"He's going good."
The Chiefs will try to extend their unbeaten streak to eight games, when they return home to take on Fijian Drua on Friday.
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