Israel Folau and the Wallabies are confident in their preparation © Getty Images

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Matches: New Zealand 51 - 20 Australia

The Wallabies want the All Blacks to display their "A game" in the Bledisloe Cup Test at Eden Park on Saturday, with Ewen McKenzie saying Australia "expect to do better this week".

Australia dominated territory and possession at ANZ Stadium in Sydney last weekend, when the All Blacks also played with only 14 men for 20 minutes as a result of two yellow cards, but they still could not claim their first win over the men in black since 2011. Instead, they arrived in Auckland on Friday to play at Eden Park, where they have not defeated the All Blacks since 1986, without a victory in eight Tests against their biggest rivals.

McKenzie said his "A game" challenge to the All Blacks was "not about poking a bear with a stick" as the Wallabies seek their first win against the All Blacks in New Zealand since 2001.

''We know we've improved a lot from last week, we have been focusing on that," McKenzie said. "We know what we are capable of. We were off the pace at key moments last week, there were key decisions we didn't get right. We expect to do better this week.

McKenzie said his side's confidence had been "increasing for a period of time now". The Wallabies entered last week's match after seven consecutive victories against European opponents so "we didn't come out of that game patting ourselves on the back and thinking all was good".

"We were disappointed we didn't win it so when we looked at the video we saw lots of things we could do better. It wasn't about the All Blacks.''

Ryan Crotty and the All Blacks were relaxed at the their Captain's Run © Getty Images

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McKenzie refused to bite when asked for an opinion about the referees, in the wake of criticism of Jaco Peyper for his handling of Bledisloe I. Former top referee Jonathan Kaplan wrote this week that the whistle-blowers were "finally beginning to understand what needs to be done" to eliminate what he describes as the All Blacks' "marginal tactics under pressure", while All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said on Thursday that Peyper had "admitted" he got key calls wrong in Sydney.

''There has been a lot of talk about the refereeing ... there's lots of opinions about last week ... I think they have done a pretty good job of trying to get some consistency in that area and SANZAR has as well," McKenzie said, aware that Romain Poite, who will control the match in Auckland, whistled the Wallabies scrum off the park in the series-deciding Test against the British & Irish Lions last year.

''It's up to the refereeing fraternity to get that consistency and I think there has been a lot of consistency around parts of the game."