They're facing a team who've never lost a Super Rugby playoff game at home, but the Blues aren't phased by the Crusaders unbeaten record heading into this weekend's semi-final.
They firmly believe they're the team to break the drought, when they face the defending champions on Friday and while they enter the match as underdogs, they're out to create their own history in Christchurch.
On Wednesday, the Blues were balancing intensity with a touch of laughs for their final proper hit-out before writing the latest chapter in their rivalry with the Crusaders - one they feel they can finally pen a different ending to.
"They've got an amazing record but we feel we can compete across the field and we back ourselves," said coach Leon MacDonald.
"We're not spooked in any way."
Despite the Crusaders' scarily good home playoff record - which is yet to include a single loss - the Blues feel they can find an edge on Friday, having learned the lessons from their past two defeats this season.
"We've got the team and the belief and that's all we need inside these four walls to go down there and do the business," said Blues back Rieko Ioane, who will make his 100th appearance for the franchise on Friday.
And with the four walls of OrangeTheory Stadium more closely resembling an emergency room, the Blues' chances of walking the walk look good.
All Blacks flanker Ethan Blackadder has become the 12th player to join the Crusaders' casualty ward due to a strained quad.
"He trained so hard to get back and just his little touches in those four minutes showed what we've missed," said Crusaders coach Scott Robertson. "We really feel for him."
The Blues aren't interested in sympathy though, as they look to end Robertson's Crusaders tenure a week early.
"The challenge of going down there and breaking that record of being undefeated in playoffs, it's a big carrot and great motivation for us."
Having lost 18 of their last 19 to the Crusaders, there's motivation aplenty for the Blues.
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