The All Blacks had an "average night at the office" against South Africa last Saturday night and despite the hard-fought win, improving on a mistake-ridden performance is their top focus this week.
The world's No.1 test side edged the world champion Springboks 19-17, thanks to a late penalty goal from Jordie Barrett, to clinch the Rugby Championship.
But the display was far from perfect, with the All Blacks turning the ball over 23 times, questionable option-taking and several blown tryscoring opportunities marring the result.
Prop Joe Moody says the team had an honest review session on Monday morning, with several problem areas identified, as they head into another test week, in preparation for the final match of the tournament against South Africa.
"If you saw all the clips we got shown, where we could have made better decisions and done things better, you would say there is a lot of room for improvement," Moody says of the performance on the Gold Coast.
"On the night, you didn't realise how many things we let slip and missed out on, but the review showed there is a lot of room for improvement.
"For the most part, we were getting in the right places and it was decision-making that was letting us down. It's about guys actually calling for the ball when they're in the right spot.
"We let a lot of things slip and need to be better in our roles. Average night at the office."
One aspect that may help those aspirations of a slicker performance is the speed of the game.
Moody and the All Blacks were frustrated over the constant stoppages on Saturday night, with Springboks players appearing to go down at every break in play.
Moody says the referees need to stamp that out of the game.
"It did get very frustrating," he says. "It almost felt like I was hardly getting a sweat on.
"Literally, just about every stoppage, someone was going down and having a smoko, so it would be nice if something could be sorted with the officiating this weekend."
But the 53-test veteran embraces the physicality a test against South Africa brings.
Moody enjoyed the set-piece battle and the intensity the Boks brought in contact.
"They're big, powerful men and the different aspects of the technicalities they bring also challenges, as well as the pure power and size of them.
"It's always a good challenge."
That was backed up by propping partner Nepo Laulala, who says Saturday's test win was one of the most memorable of his career.
"It's pretty cool," says Laulala. "It's hard to come by good scrummaging opposition and when you come up against a pack that just wants to kill you, just wants to go straight through you, it's a different feeling, especially after the game.
"It's so rewarding when you win. These kinds of sore feelings post-game, it's almost like a reward for me.
"It's more satisfying than coming out feeling good."
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