With the mud on the Black Ferns' boots still wet from their 52-5 rout of Australia, head coach Wayne Smith is already calling for more from his team.
Despite an eight-tries-to-one demolition at Christchurch to secure the Laurie O'Reilly Cup, Smith made it clear how high his bar set, suggesting the score could've threatened triple figures had his team been more accurate.
"You've got to be happy with the score, no doubt about that, but we were disappointed with some of the skill level," Smith said.
"We'd had a really good week, working really hard on playing an expansive game. I think we probably left 5-6 tries out there through either being too flat or just dropping ball.
"Hey, it's good. We've still got a lot of work to do."
The hosts were imperious across the paddock at OrangeTheory Stadium, dominating the setpiece, while being expertly guided by the halves tandem of Kendra Cocksedge and Ruahei Demant, who bagged a brace of tries.
Their defence was also exceptional, leaking just a solitary late try to their opponents.
"I thought defence was absolutely outstanding," Smith added. "The numbering off and the execution in the tackle was superb.
"The pack played really well. There were some great performances there, good in the lineout, put pressure on them and put pressure on their scrum.
"We gave a few penalties away at the breakdown, which was disappointing, but we can fix that."
The Black Ferns are now undefeated through 21 tests against the Australians and are highly favoured to make it 22, when they meet again at Adelaide next Saturday.
That match will be the Black Ferns' last, before they square off with the Aussies yet again to kick off their World Cup campaign at Eden Park on October 8.
"We are pushing these girls to play at a really high pace and it takes really good execution to be able to play at that pace," said Smith.
"We're four months into it, so we're just building as we go, but there will be a good review on Monday and Tuesday, and we'll see if we can make some improvements over in Adelaide."
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