Injury concerns have also appeared to ease for the All Blacks, with only Richard Kahui of the quartet forced off against the French looking as though he may miss some match play.
All Black assistant coach Steve Hansen said yesterday the side was buoyed after its 37-17 defeat of France at Eden Park on Saturday night but it was not about issuing challenges to other teams.
"We made a statement to ourselves that we are going OK and that we are very happy where we are and we are building. You've got to use these pool games to build block by block and we did that again last night," Hansen said yesterday.
"It is about us. It is about us getting better and we are happy with that.
"We got put under pressure for the first 10 minutes of the game and we absorbed that. We scored four tries off set plays, three off lineouts and one off our kick-off. And our scrum was very good.
"If your set piece is going good that gives you a platform to play the game and the backs played really well from there."
Injuries had improved from Saturday night.
Cory Jane had suffered blurred vision from a head knock, but Hansen said he had pulled up well this morning. He will be assessed later in the week.
Israel Dagg suffered a haemotoma to his thigh and may train lightly at the start of the week but should be available to take on Canada in Wellington next Sunday.
Adam Thomson looked to have suffered a serious injury to his leg. Hansen said he had twisted his ankle and knee but was much better yesterday, and was expected to be available this week.
Kahui left the field in the second half with a hamstring strain and he was likely to be unavailable for the match against Canada.
Hansen said loose forward Kieran Read was likely to be selected this week, having overcome an ankle injury.
Centre Conrad Smith said compared to 2007 the match against France was vital for the side at this stage of the tournament.
"Just the whole week building up it was a whole test match, no disrespect to other teams ... it should put both teams in really good stead," Smith said.
Hansen said this week's selection would be tricky as the team wished to carry on its momentum.
"So you want to pick a large number of those guys who have played. But there are some people who need to play because if we require them in the tournament later they need some rugby. Then you've got one or two guys who have niggly injuries and you're not sure how they are going to come through the week.
"There will be some changes but the core of the team that has been playing will be out there this week."
Hansen said the Canadians would give his team the challenge it needed.
"We saw them against the French in Napier and particularly up front. Well drilled ... they are a big pack. Hopefully the tournament has not taken too much out of them and it will be a good clash."
The side flew to Wellington yesterday afternoon It will start training today with a light run in the capital.
With the win over the French, the All Blacks are assured of making the quarterfinals, and Hansen, who spoke before Argentina took on Scotland last night, said he was not worried about what team the All Blacks played.
It was a good Saturday night for New Zealand sport with the Warriors beating the Melbourne Storm to qualify for the grand final.
Hansen said the All Blacks had watched the last minutes of the league match in the changing rooms and had been excited to see the Warriors side win.
He said the All Blacks would be passing on messages of support to the league team for the grand final this weekend.
Hansen revealed the team had bought skipper Richie McCaw a hunting rifle for his 100th game but he was unable to take it to the ground last night for security reasons.