'We can scare them': Kiss confident he can stay Reds coach for another week

Les Kiss could be entering his final match as Queensland Reds coach this weekend. (Getty Images: Chloe Davis)

The Queensland Reds face the Chiefs in a Super Rugby Pacific qualifying final this weekend.

Coach Les Kiss will leave the Reds at the end of the Super Rubgy Pacific campaign to take over as Wallabies coach.

The Reds must defeat the Chiefs on Saturday evening to advance to the second week of the finals.

Queensland coach Les Kiss knows his time as Reds coach is coming to an end, but he is determined to extend his tenure by one more week.

Kiss will end his three-year tenure as Reds coach at the end of the Super Rugby Pacific finals series, before he takes over as Wallabies coach later this year.

His final match could be this weekend, as the Reds travel across the Tasman to Hamilton to face the Chiefs in a must-win qualifying final.

Just as NSW Blues coach Laurie Daley had a difficult selection decision to make, Joe Schmidt may be thinking long and hard about one position in the Wallabies' back line for July's Nations Championship Tests.

But the prospect of this week being his last preparing the Reds is not something the next national coach is thinking about, and he has his players to thank for that.

"This team, they just keep you focused on the now," Kiss said when asked about this weekend potentially being his last as Reds coach.

"It's a day-by-day job this week. Get this job done today, and tomorrow we'll travel and we'll just focus on that.

"We do those things right, we'll get to the end of the 80 minutes in the best way possible.

"We've just got to go there with the confidence and belief that we have put our best foot forward.

The Reds have been knocked out of the first week of the finals in each of the previous four seasons, with the two most recent playoff exits coming during Kiss's reign.

The Queensland club has been a challenging side to face during the Kiss era, but a win in the finals has eluded them.

The Reds lost to the Chiefs at home earlier this season. (Getty Images: Bradley Kanaris)

Kiss acknowledged that winning this weekend would be one marker to judge if his time as Reds coach was successful, but said he was proud of many other successes he has overseen since joining the club.

"The W is the big thing in sport. That's the true measure of success in a lot of ways," Kiss said.

"There is a great culture here, there's people developing at a rate of knots.

"We've exposed some beautiful young players over the last couple of years.

"There's some really good things happening here, so we'll always recognise those things.