All Blacks head coach Steven Hansen had no shortage of options when it came to assessing what exactly their key focusses would be this week as they build to next weekend's Bledisloe Cup decider at Eden Park.
"There's a lot of things we can improve on, but the big thing is we can't panic. We have a plan that we're playing to," said Hansen.
"I said before the Test that this game wouldn't have any relevance to the World Cup other than learning something from it, and there's plenty for us to learn."
Hansen acknowledged one glaring priority would be their efficiency at the breakdown, an area where they were thoroughly outplayed in Sydney, the Wallabies new openside tandem of David Pocock and Michael Hooper wreaking havoc at the ruck.
"It's certainly one area we do need to fix," stated Hansen. "We know it's not something we've put a lot of work into so far this year because we've had other priorities, but it's now become a pretty big focus."
Hansen also highlighted the lack of awareness on defense and composure down the stretch, traditionally two of the All Blacks strengths.
"At 20-19 we were right in it, then we made two really uncharacteristic defensive errors and let them in. At that point you'd say they finished the game better than we did, and not too often do we get out-finished."
One positive to emerge from the encounter was the play of debutant Nehe Milner-Skudder, the Manawatu and Hurricanes fullback a menace in open field on his way to a brace of tries.
"That was a great result for us last night, he played really well and confirmed that he can perform at this level."
Fullback Ben Smith has been cleared of any concussion and should be available for Auckland, Sonny Bill-Williams potentially the lone casualty after suffering a gluteal injury.
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