They are fully aware of it and know they can do better.
The side carried out a review yesterday into the Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney, a game it won 54-34.
The first 50 minutes would have made good viewing but the side got sloppy in the final half hour of the test, letting the Australians score four converted tries.
All Black lock Sam Whitelock said some honesty had come out yesterday after what the players had seen.
``As everyone who saw the game and has seen it since, you can see the things we did do well and we probably got caught up in trying to play too much,'' he said.
``When we just focused on our own individual roles that normally helps the team out, but we went away from that. If we can keep doing what we had done beforehand, we would have been right.
``That is the hard thing about test rugby. Having to do the right thing for 80-plus minutes. I think if we can do that, that gives ourselves a great opportunity to play well.''
Players should ignore what was happening on the scoreboard and simply play to the best of their ability, no matter what the score was.
The side was keen to fix those wrongs and had a light training day yesterday after arriving in Dunedin late on Sunday night.
Fellow lock Brodie Retallick said he would not describe the side as feeling comfortable in Sydney at halftime, despite leading 40-6 over the Wallabies.
``I think I ran in at halftime and was thinking `that was a hell of a half of rugby'. Not too much went wrong with us. But that is the mental side of sport, do it for 80 minutes or whatever the game you play ... if we were honest we looked at it and thought it would be a bit easy in the second half.
``We came out and scored a couple of quick tries and thought it would keep happening like that.''
Retallick said the All Blacks needed to me more aware of the Wallabies at scrum time as they appeared to be scrummaging differently than teams in Super Rugby.
He was expecting a better 80-minute display from the Wallabies this week, and said both teams would be better for the game in Sydney.
Whitelock has had a heavy workload this season but said he still felt fine and was itching to get on the field on Saturday night.
Playing under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium should suit the All Blacks style. The team will train there twice this week.