Chiefs centre Richard Kahui, in line to face the Bulls in the Super 14 Final in Pretoria on Saturday after recovering from a calf muscle injury, is confident they can end an eight-year drought at Loftus Versfeld.

The New Zealand outfit has won only two of their previous six visits to Loftus, the last a 47-39, 11-try thriller in 2001.

In their subsequent visits to Pretoria they lost by the slimmest of margins - 26-29 in both 2003 and 2005, as well as 27-30 loss in 2007. Their biggest defeat at Loftus was the six-point (27-33) loss in their Round 11 league fixture against the Bulls last month.

It is that result which gives the Chiefs the belief that they are "good enough" to upstage the tournament's top-ranked team this year.

"We'll be playing in front of a hostile crowd of about 55,000 people," Kahui said in a teleconference call from the team's base in Pretoria on Wednesday.

"I even got a text message the other day telling me it would be hard for us to win - because we've got the altitude [to deal with], the [arduous] travel, the [changing] sleep patterns and things like that.

"But as a team we are all really confident and I think the adversity has brought us together.

"We know we are good enough to beat this side if we play as well as we can."

However, Kahui is well aware of the quality of the Bulls - who have not lost at Loftus in 10 matches, going back to April last year, and have won 17 of their last 20 games at home.

"If they get a roll on they are a bloody tough team to stop, but there is a good confidence, and a quiet confidence, throughout our team," Kahui added.

The return from injury of Kahui is a big boost to Chiefs, with the eight-Test midfielder showing no side-affects of the injury at training this week.

"I had been quite nervous, because it was my first real full training," Kahui said of Tuesday's training run - the first since their arrival in South Africa late on Monday.

"I got through it really good.

"So things are going pretty well at the moment, and fingers crossed I am named in the side.

"Last week I couldn't get out of a jog so that was obviously disappointing, but it felt really good. Hopefully by Saturday it's 100 percent," Kahui said.

Kahui, a frustrated spectator in recent weeks, said he had been heartened by the form showed by his teammates.

"All year we have had players go down with injury and other guys stepping in. Dwayne [Sweeney] has done a great job in there, so in that way it's been easier to watch," he said of his midfield replacement.

Outside of his Test career, Saturday's showdown will be the highlight for Kahui and the Chiefs as a franchise, because neither he nor they have tasted a Super Final.

Kahui's availability means coach Ian Foster, who will name his team only on Thursday, will have a few key decisions to make.

With Kahui back at No.13, Foster's big poser will be who to play outside him on the left wing in the absence of Sitiveni Sivivatu.

Sweeney has also played on the win with distinction this season, including scoring a hat-trick of tries in the crucial comeback win against the Lions in Hamilton. The other option is the out and out pace of Sosene Anesi.