The All Blacks must ruk themselves reg ahead of Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup decider against the Wallabies.
Having lost the first match of the Cup 47-26, lock Sam Whitelock agrees with hooker Dane Coles that they lacked intent and physicality in Perth.
Ahead of the return match in New Zealand, Whitelock tells Stuff New Zealand: “Colesy’s comments are smack bang on the money.
“The challenge for us is making sure it doesn’t happen again.
“It’s pretty easy. We’ve got to prepare really well and, if we do that, hopefully we’ll have a better result.”
He adds: “We’ve dealt with that [hurt of the defeat] and now we have to get back on the horse, have some fun, enjoy ourselves at training.
“You can’t be down in the dumps the whole time. You’ve got to keep moving forward.”