Dave Rennie's short response on Richie Mo'unga's performance against Wales

All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie has remained coy over the performance of returning first five Richie Mo’unga in the wake of the 35-28 loss to Wales for the first time in 73 years.

The historic night in Cardiff featured a slow start to both halves with the All Blacks falling behind 14-0 early in the first half and again conceding 14 points to start the second.

The All Blacks playmakers Richie Mo’unga and Beauden Barrett finished with five combined turnovers with Mo’unga topping the charts with three.

“I’ll have a decent look at it,” Rennie said when asked to assess Mo’unga’s return.

“We’re under a fair bit of pressure. He was forced to run a fair bit. It’s a tough day for a lot of people today.”

Mo’unga played just his second Test since returning to the All Blacks during the tour of South Africa following the conclusion of his time in Japan.

After the fourth Test against Baltimore where he started, the No.10 suffered a calf injury at training and has been sidelined for the last two months.

His return against Wales came as part of 10 changes to the starting line-up which beat Scotland last week at Murrayfield.

Despite that, Rennie believed they had enough talent on the field to beat Wales which was evidenced by being held up three times late in the second half as they searched for an equaliser.

“We we had a good enough side on the field tonight to win, and I think if you look at the stats, we had plenty of opportunity,” Rennie said.

“So those guys created a lot of chances. We just weren’t clinical enough, and they were very good defensively.

“So, no, I have no regret around the side that we picked. As I talked about previously, there’s really good competition with places.

“There’s not a lot between certain positions, and the expectation is whoever wears the jersey bars up. As I said before, when you when you underperform, it’s not just about the players. We’ll have a look at everything we do.”