Monday 11 June 2018 11:16, UK
New Zealand have been warned not to get carried away by their 52-11 win over France in the first Test in Auckland on Saturday.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will "probably" stick with the same team for the second Test in Wellington this weekend, but his French counterpart Jacques Brunel is expected to make wholesale changes as the tourists look to level the series.
"They'll be hurting," Hansen said. "If we were in their shoes we'd certainly be turning up with a fairly staunch attitude and a willingness to really give it a crack and I'm sure that's what they will do.
"We could get seduced by that scoreline, or understand there's more in our game that we've got to get better at and have a real good week's preparation."
Hansen described the way the All Blacks handled the restarts during the eight-tries-to-one romp at Eden Park as "pretty ugly", while getting the running line "a bit squarer would be nice".
Brunel will take a close look at the freshness "mentally and physically" of new arrivals Benjamin Fall, Mathieu Babillot and Kelian Galletier, who played in the Top 14 final between Castres and Montpellier nine days ago, before deciding on his line-up.
Fall, an outside utility back with 10 Tests to his name, could replace either injured wing Remy Grosso or full-back Maxime Medard.
Galletier and Babillot are likely to be vying for a berth in the back row after Judicael Cancoriet, Fabien Sanconnie and Kevin Gourdon fell off the pace when the All Blacks increased the speed of their game in the second half in Auckland.
Wesley Fofana, if he recovers from his knee injury, is expected to join captain Mathieu Bastareaud in the centres.
"I hope we will be able to show something else, to be close till the end. I am convinced that will be achieved if we fix our communication problems in defence," Brunel said.
"It is not a lost cause. We know the quality of the All Blacks but I emphasise that we made it much too easy for them and 70 per cent of their tries came from only two or three passes."
