Finishing the series with what was an emphatic destruction of Wales set the All Blacks apart from their impending Rugby Championship foes. But to lose more than 800 caps, then sweep the series and play thrilling rugby at times - that's an impressive post World Cup statement. Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThis new All Blacks era has begun with enough promise to have just about expunged any hopes the chasing pack were forming about Kieran Read's side being vulnerable. The concern held by Hansen wasn't that the new leadership team wouldn't step up, it was more about how quickly they would. Hansen was concerned some of the new leaders might be slow to own the responsibility for fixing things.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 26, 2016 06:00 UTC