With six more round of the Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific to go, the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua are placed ninth in the points standing.
The side is tied on 13 points with eighth-placed Western Force and 10th-placed NSW Waratahs with the men from Perth ahead with a better points differential.
The Mick Byrne-coached Drua face the fifth-placed Auckland Blues who ran in seven tries for a bonus point 55-21 home win the Waratahs on Saturday night that pushed them closer to the top four in the standings.
The Blues moved to 26 points, one behind fourth-placed Wellington Hurricanes.
The Waikato Chiefs kept up their 100 per cent record and consolidated top place in the standings after a bruising 50-17 win over the Drua on Friday.
Chiefs are now on 36 points, five above ACT Brumbies who had a bye at the weekend. Reigning champions Canterbury Crusaders are third on 28 points after surviving a scare at the Melbourne Rebels and coming from behind to win 43-27 on Friday.
Round 10 fixtures Friday – 7.05pm Hurricanes-Brumbies; 9.35pm Waratahs-Highlanders.
Saturday – 2.05pm Drua-Blues; 4.35pm Moana-Rebels; 7.05pm Chiefs-Crusaders; 9.35pm Reds-Force.
