Simple stuff, really. Forwards playing as forwards, backs playing as backs.
The rugby rule book is about 150 pages long, and there are countless analysts and video technicians working in the game, but as the All Blacks showed on Saturday night, the key to a great performance is not overly complicated.
The forwards drove hard together, hit rucks lower, tackled like demons and hung on to the ball.
The backs ran hard, passed well and chased kicks all match.
And, refreshingly, they received the ball in open spaces and did not have to put up with forwards trying to run the ball up and crowding the midfield.
Everything comes full circle in life - fashion, food, movies - and maybe rugby is the same.
After years of watching all players wanting to get their hands on the ball and "express themselves" it was refreshing to see backs get most of the ball and do what they wanted with it.
Many recent games have been marred by players wanting to get the plums before putting in the hard yards.
But on Saturday night, the All Blacks went to the table and ate all their veges and meat, and got the cream near the end of the game.
Forwards hit breakdowns with good body position, the set-pieces were great, and the backs were able to pick up the cherries.
Rugby is said to be a game played by everyone, but that does not mean every Tom, Dick and Harry can run 50m and kick the ball off both feet.
Players such as Neemia Tialata were not put on this Earth to give crowds the pleasure of seeing their side-step, or watching them at centre.
Perhaps too many players have tried to be everything when they should be just one thing.
The old cliches come to mind - you could throw a blanket over them, go low, it all starts up front, turn them round at half-time - when looking at the All Black forwards on Saturday night.
And like most cliches, maybe there is some truth to them.
Guys such as Brad Thorn - no nonsense, do the job and the team will get the reward - led the way on Saturday night and thankfully many are now following him.
Call Thorn a toiler - for some reason that term is looked down upon - but his hard work led the way for the All Blacks.
But as good as the All Blacks were, the Wallabies are really struggling.
They appear devoid of ideas, and Matt Giteau is a shadow of the player he was earlier in the season.
Once again, it all comes back to what happens up front.
The Wallabies do not have sufficient quality in the front row, and there are no John Eales-like figures in the second row.
How they so convincingly disposed of the Springboks in Brisbane two weeks ago is a bit of a mystery.
But that what is great about sport.
It is not science.
If one team beats another, that does not automatically mean it will beat some other outfit.
If life were that simple, no-one would turn up to watch matches.
Questions:
Has James O'Connor got mental issues when playing against the All Blacks?
And does Rodney So'oialo have a future in the All Black jersey?
