The NSW Waratahs are headed to Fiji for business, not pleasure, as they look to get their Super Rugby Pacific campaign back on track after successive two-point home defeats to New Zealand opposition.

Saturday night's 12-10 loss to the Blues, following a similarly rueful 23-21 defeat to the Highlanders, has left the Waratahs one from four and already behind the eight-ball.

Taking on the Fijian Drua in Lautoka will be hot and hostile, as the defending champion Crusaders discovered in a round-two upset loss.

But the Waratahs are excited about the opportunity to revive their finals hopes in a potentially season-defining two-game block away against the Drua and Australia's benchmark Brumbies in Canberra.

The Tahs have won all four of their previous encounters with the Drua.

"It's going to be a hostile crowd. The heat, but both teams are going to feel the heat," Waratahs captain Jake Gordon said.

"We've done a really good job against Fiji every time we played them; nullified their threats.

"We went to set-piece quite a lot.

We've had some really good results against them. 

"The risk over there is when the ball gets a little bit wetter, we don't get looser with it too.

"We go back to playing an aerial game. Go to set-piece. Trying not to play like the Drua in Fiji is really important for us next week."

Having said pre-season he hoped a decision around his future could be determined by round four or five, coach Darren Coleman - off contract at the end of the competition - remains unfazed over the increasing uncertainty.

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