Eddie Jones, the Wallaby coach, wants to see more consistency in how referees officiate at the tackle following Saturday's win in Dunedin, a game refereed by Englishman Steve Lander.

Although he had no complaints about his performance Jones believes that officials form the northern hemisphere are more likely to penalise the attacking side than the defensive side.

He was particularly unhappy with the way George Smith was penalised in his side's previous Tri-Nations game against South Africa by Irish referee David McHugh in Pretoria.

And again this week there was one occasion when Smith was pulled up for not rucking correctly despite the fact that he was staying on his feet. Lander could be heard to state clearly that he needed to stay on his feet and drive upwards, not downwards at the break down.

"It`s something we need to fix up and get a consistent interpretation of the tackle so the players can play the ball confidently," he said.

The final Tri-Nations games will all be refereed by Southern Hemisphere officials and Jones will expect his ball winners in midfield, particularly Smith to profit.

Meanwhile the defeat has, predictably, not gone down well in New Zealand where the mixed fortunes of the All Blacks strike deep into the psyche of the entire nation.

The Sunday Star Times declared the defeat, the first at Carisbrook in 30 years, a "Bledisloe no-brainer".

The piece went on: "Many cherished national myths died yesterday, and none more gruesomely than the myth of Carisbrook. Forget this nonsense about every win the Australians score against the All Blacks being treasured as something special.

"They`re now so commonplace that it should now be New Zealand being cock-a-hoop when it manages to roll the men in green and gold. If the good rugby folk of this country can`t sniff the trend, then it is time to change the medication."

Three men in particular have been the subject of the wrath of the rugby public: back rower Ron Cribb, who conceded the crucial late penalty try; scrum half Justin Marshall, who had a poor game, and skipper Anton Oliver, who spurned the chance for a bonus point by running a last ditch penalty.

Oliver has defended his decision saying that to take the easy kick would have been giving in and that the Tri-Nations meant nothing to him, winning the game was everything.

Since the loss Wayne Smith and full back Jeff Wilson, the man who would have taken the kick, defended the captain's decision to go for the all or nothing play with the Bledisloe Cup one the line and heading to Australia.

"It`s his call, that`s why he`s the captain. I don`t have a problem with that at all - the captain makes the decision," said Wilson.