Abs vs argentina

Cosmetic surgery applied to the coaching team has not cured all the All Blacks' ills.

The show of strength was chest-puffing proud, but it needed some creative balance; a touch of pass and catch class. The All Blacks were able to make major, quick territorial gains by winning scrum penalties inside their 22, hoofing it downfield to touch and then driving a maul off the lineout. The performance in Christchurch said that bits of the machine are working. None of it was pretty. Not in a physical sense, but in terms of discipline. The malaise runs much deeper.