Scott Robertson reflects on season's end and Wales victory in Cardiff

It is clear that Nz have problems. It is also clear that the problem does not lie with the players.

He has given Foster's boy’s a fear go, time to trust some of the newbies and build a new worlds best team.

Every under performance we hear about these fine margins. But nothing is really changing. Late ‘90s ABs had a woeful streak but I don't remember being so consistently underwhelmed as with Razors selections and how they play. Then every press conference and interview is the same lame word salad of mediocrity.

a loss for the first time in Argentina.

First losses away when you don’t even hold a home or alltime record aren’t a ‘thing’ guys. That’s the opposite of ‘aura’ thinking you still hold something special. Good for Argentina but not something to champion for the All Blacks.

Wales did well to carry on where England left off. They smothered AB ball runners and denied space, while taking advantage of a lack of effort for New Zealand to mark up properly on the short side. The same issues that plagued NZ last week. Wales probably just didn’t speed the game up enough to make NZ pay. It was of course a better AB side against Wales to be fair to them.

“We feel like we’re just fine margins away and we’re just working on those fine margins.”

For me the fine margins that Scott Hansen needs to improve are;

Look where you’re passing, no one is buying you vacant look straight ahead while the ball goes out the back to on the sweeping play.

Make the sweeping plays dynamic, right not you can tell visible which plays are going to be one off carries, tip passes, or behind the back passes. Players need to be able to develop skills to do whichever is the best option based off whats infront of them.

Return to close in drives or pick and goes off the ruck to generate go forward.

Not stereo type players of what game plan you want to have, if you’re number eight is Sititi or Lakai, find a plan that suits their carrying, don’t ask them to beef up and cart it up straight. A number of times in this game all Sititi needed to do was put a late step on at the line and he would be making last seasons line breaks again.

Show no fear. Player with risk and flair, don’t worry that in the above situation a player gets disconnected and turned over.

Back people up. The likes of Dmac have had little support when he steps through tackles only to isolate himself. That means people close for the offload and others to clean rucks.

Clean rucks with your heads up. Far too many of the team and just going over the player on the ground and not cleaning the right defensive target.

Stay connected to a defensive plan, far too many times players are doing opposite things (one up one holding).

Aside for these things they need to fix just keeping working on the set piece and linking/timing the Lancasters sweep plays better, and the team will turn things around to put pressure back on Rassie to pick his best team every week.

Oh, and trust form, go with energy and stop the hero mentality. Forget winning the Greatest Rivalry, just go out and win every test by select the best 23 you can, not the what you thought last weeks best 23 were. 7/10 season.