Graham Henry was quick to praise the All Blacks' improvement from last weekend © Getty Images

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New Zealand coach Graham Henry was understandably delighted at his side's emphatic response.

"They played very well, we learnt a lot from last week, the coaches and the players. We changed the game plan around and the guys executed that extremely well."

Counterpart Deans felt the match was a "mirror image" of the first match, with his Wallabies on the receiving end this time.

"The All Blacks built pressure and didn't allow us to build any pressure. They were very effective on the tackle line and the gain line. We weren't able to get into the game."

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw hailed his side's resilience in recovering from two successive Tri Nations defeats.

Heading into the crucial encounter in Auckland on the back of losses to South Africa and the Wallabies, the pressure was on the All Blacks, and the returning McCaw was happy by the way his side responded.

He said: "We certainly weren't happy after last week. It's not very nice when you know you have been outmuscled and the boys have been hurting all week. We wanted to put together a good performance. We talked about a lot of things that let us down last week and we worked on the stuff that often doesn't get seen.

"When you lose two in a row it's a measure of how you get back on the horse and we can't afford to go back. We have to continue on from here and get better."

He added: "I think that as the confidence grows it makes it (line-outs) easier. We won the first couple and got a try from a good set move and we managed to put pressure on them.

"When your backs are against the wall you have to come out and show what you can do and I'm pretty proud of the boys."

In contrast, Australia captain Stirling Mortlock was disappointed with his team's discipline, which allowed Carter plenty of goal-kicking opportunities.

He said: "It was a role reversal from last week and they really kicked some good goal positions and we gave them a lot of field positions and lot of position by poor discipline.

"At half-time it felt like we hadn't played much footy. We wanted to go out and be positive but unfortunately when you give away penalties and you don't play field positions too well, you struggle to play rugby."

Despite the setback, the Wallabies skipper believes his men will bounce back against South Africa.

"We have a fair few weeks so stew on it so the guys get a well deserved break, about eight to 10 days off before we head to Africa.

"A week's a long time in rugby and tonight proved that."