If there was a game to pick to get the Smiths and Malakai Fekitoa to put their feet up, then this is the one.
And if the Highlanders do beat the Brumbies in Canberra tonight, the dynamic trio should be given another week away from the playing paddock, when the side takes on the Sharks back in Dunedin.
Take a look at the Super rugby ladder.
The Highlanders are effectively up against the three other New Zealand sides - Crusaders, Hurricanes and Chiefs - to make the playoffs.
The Blues are out of it but could play spoilers.
At the most, three New Zealand teams could make the playoffs.
That is just the way the competition is set up.
So someone has to miss out, and that makes games against New Zealand teams absolutely vital.
The Highlanders have three of those left - Chiefs, Hurricanes and Blues - and they have to win those to remain in contention.
Games against teams from other countries are important, of course, but the matches involving sides from the same country are shaping up as season-defining.
