The All Blacks' review session of Sunday's Bledisloe Cup draw has provided plenty of sobering viewing for both coaches and players alike.
While the team have identified several areas for improvement heading into the rematch at Eden Park this weekend, Aaron Smith has been quick to point a finger firmly in his own direction.
The veteran halfback, who scored one of the All Blacks' two tries, was ruthless in his self-assessment, admitting his performance was - by his own high standards - considerably below par.
"I'm pretty disappointed about Sunday's performance," Smith says.
"My passing was erratic, inaccurate and really set them to make big shots at Richie Mo'unga and didn't give our forwards opportunities to run on to the ball.
"The things I take pride in with my game - my energy, my speed to the ruck, my passing, was all pretty normal.
"I need to sharpen up myself."
Smith was full of praise for Wallabies counterpart Nic White, who played a key role in Australia's markedly improved display in Wellington.
Although he planted a fend on White to free himself up for his try, the 31-year-old implies he came off second-best in their exchange.
"[He] had a field day, he was able to attack our defence, set up a couple of tries, he kicked well," Smith notes. "Having that impact on games is something I like to do.
"He had a great game and it was hard to watch.
"I just want to always keep pushing myself to another level of my performance and it wasn't good enough in the weekend."
Hooker Dane Coles was similarly scathing of what'd he seen in the review, particularly in the all-important area of physicality, where he says his pack weren't able to match the Wallabies' enthusiasm.
"When you see clips with their intent and smashing guys at the ruck and us just parking up and having a holiday...that's personal pride stuff," Coles says.
"It's been made a focus point, so it's up to us as individuals to find what you need to bring that out on Sunday.
"The beauty of rugby is we've got a chance to fix that and make it right."
The All Blacks were prepared for the hallmarks of new coach Dave Rennie to be instantly on show, but weren't able to enforce their own brand of play, Smith says.
"We were aware of what [Rennie] brings to his team around breakdown, around physicality, around their mindset," he insists.
"We didn't bring the All Blacks level of our intent and our mindset to the game….definitely around our defence, coming off the line and putting on hits.
"Our breakdown work was average and on attack we were pretty stagnant.
"A lot of passes were behind, so that kind of clunkiness with new combos, all that stuff showed up for us really bad."
But with another week under their belt, Smith's confident that fans will see a much more refined All Blacks outfit at Eden park.
"So heaps to work on and better at, but they're things we can control," he says. "I wouldn't say it was all Australia.
"The game we'll see on Sunday will be less rusty, less clunky, and hopefully a lot more free-flowing rugby."
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