Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland believes his side can still improve and says they need to get back to basics as they prepare to take on the Chiefs on Friday night in Hamilton.
Holland said the winless Chiefs will be a dangerous team and that the Hurricanes can not afford to be complacent.
"Look they're [Chiefs] battling as far as their results are concerned, but there is going to be a bit of a fight, there's going to be a bit of desperation with what they do on Friday night," said Holland.
"When you are desperate and you have got players of the calibre that the Chiefs have got there, that aren't quite getting the results at the moment – take the foot off the gas and you're going to be in trouble.
"There are quality players there and they'll be desperate, so nothing under our best will be enough."
Despite coming away with a 25-22 win over the Highlanders in Wellington on Saturday, Holland admits his team were guilty of trying too hard on attack when things weren't on.
"We were a bit disappointed with some of the things we did with the ball. As I said we built pressure in the last part of the game and scored points from it," Holland said.
"And we need to do that more rather than forcing things.
"We need to have a bit of patience around what we are doing and we just need to get a bit of go forward with everything we are doing."
The Highlanders were dominant for large parts of the game against the Hurricanes and were on top of the Wellington Super Rugby side during set piece.
"So, you know we will get our set piece better, we'll get our carry height better and those sorts of things. Real simple parts of the game really that will lead to the boys to play a bit."
The Hurricanes sit second in the New Zealand Super Rugby standings on 13 points, while the Chiefs linger in last place on one point.
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