Graham Henry identified several areas where the All Blacks need to improve after their 44-12 win over World Cup finalists England.
All Blacks boss calls for improvement ahead of Tri-Nations
New Zealand coach Graham Henry identified several areas where the All Blacks need to improve after their 44-12 win over World Cup finalists England in the second Test on Saturday.
Inspired by a superb performance from fly-half Daniel Carter, the All Blacks scored five tries with the backs contributing four - three of them came from well-worked movements off a set piece.
"When you win 44-12, it's not a bad result," Henry said. "It's a pretty good England side but you just have to enjoy the moment, enjoy the occasion but recognise we have some work to do.
"We're scoring tries from the set piece, which is very positive. There is a lot to work on at the breakdown. I think we got better defensively as the game went on but there is still some work to do there though. We're not where we want to be yet."
The All Blacks also struggled again in the lineout, particularly after Ali Williams went off with an ankle injury, losing three of their own throws.
Consistency
New Zealand also turned the ball over 11 times at the breakdown and committed 10 handling errors in fine, if chilly, conditions in Christchurch.
"We're struggling to get good ball at the tackle area at times," Henry added. "Set piece ball was pretty good though the lineout struggled a bit after Ali went off.
"Defensively I thought we lacked numbers in the first half, but the boys played a lot better in the second half and we improved as the game went on."
Henry added his side had begun to achieve some consistency, despite the fact they had made changes to give some of the new players in the squad game time ahead of the Tri-nations.
"I think if we had to come up with a result three weeks ago and said 'where would we like to be', I'd say we think we are better than we anticipated.
"(But) South Africa are a strong side and so are Australia so we have got some big games ahead. We have some work to do and improve those areas or we'll get second."
