Ewen McKenzie believes his Reds team have an excellent chance of notching a second successive win when they meet the Blues.

The last time the Reds won on consecutive weekends was in April 2006 when they beat the Cats 23-16 in Johannesburg and the Bulls 20-19 at Suncorp.

"I'm not sure why that has been the case but there's no actual impediment (to successive wins)," McKenzie said.

"If you get your training right; your get your mental state right; you get focused on the job; you get your strategy right and you pick the right team, there is nothing stopping you from performing well again.

"All I've been focusing on is making sure the players' attention is fair and square on reproducing. We've demonstrated through the trials and in the games that we can front up physically. If we don't, then it's a state of mind.

"(But) one of the things I've been impressed with this group is that we have a plan and generally we make that plan happen. Some teams you see have a great gameplan and they never seem to get it to happen."

The Reds will be bolstered by the return of experienced forwards Sean Hardman and Van Humphries for the clash.

Hardman, Queensland's most capped forward, missed last week's 41-20 victory over the Crusaders because of an ankle injury and will return via the bench as Saia Faingaa gets his second opportunity in the number two jersey.

Humphries was given last week off to recover fully from a head knock and returns this week in captain James Horwill's number five shirt, following the skipper's season-ending knee injury.

"You have got to have quality players on your bench and I've always looked at it as a 22-man effort to get a win," he said.

"I was happy with Sean the first game and I was happy with Saia the second game. In the end you make the hard decision on who starts the game but everyone's involved in the effort. It's better to have more players playing well than not."

Despite the fact that the Reds are based out of and train at Ballymore, only three players in the current 31-man squad have played a Super Rugby match at the venue.