Sam Cane says there was a mixture of emotions in the All Blacks camp following the team review of the weekend's defeat to Ireland.
"It's a hard feeling to describe," the All Blacks backrow, who didn't play against Ireland, told the New Zealand Herald.
"Everyone's emotions are a little bit different, there's disappointment, there's frustration, a wee bit of anger but it's all geared around how we got out-played and got it handed to us so we're disappointed with that.
"The guts of it was that, it was probably obvious, we didn't hold onto the ball very well and got smacked behind the gain line. And after that we went away from what we're good at, which is getting over the gain line and putting defences on their back-foot.
"There was some individual areas in amongst that and some decision making that got brought up in front of the team – it's never easy for individuals for that to happen – but if you view it as real moments of growth, and those individuals can get better and us a team in certain areas, then it can be a good springboard for us to put on a performance that we can actually be proud of."
New Zealand now play France in the final game of their northern hemisphere tour.
"The mood and the energy has really lifted since the review," Cane added, "we went from there to training this afternoon and trained really well, so the guys are in good spirits now and excited to have an opportunity to put some wrongs right this weekend.
"If you look at our defence I think we can be proud of the way we defended but we just need to have that same attitude and intent on attack, so I'd hope the response would be a clinical and a physical one."
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