The Kiwis were, at times, almost unstoppable. With Damian McKenzie pulling the strings like a puppeteer at No 10, the All Blacks alternately stretched the Wallabies defence wide before then punching through the tighter gaps. Skilful offloading in contact then led to tries that felt oh-so-easy.

The Wallabies fell behind 22-0 before scoring themselves, but the damage kept coming. Australia conceded five tries between the 11th and 31st minutes.

“It’s unacceptable, [conceding] 22 points like that and you put yourself on the back foot,” Kiss said post-game.

“The boys know that. It’s just not on. You can’t do that. We’ve had two bad halves now in the last two weeks and it hurts you.

“It (the first-half) was damage. At half-time, we had to question some things. We had to choose how we were going to go into that second half. None of us accept 22-0 suddenly like that. We can’t. Those line breaks we offered, those missed tackles ... a team like the All Blacks are so clinical and they knock you off.”

For a second straight week, the Wallabies were unable to slow the Kiwis’ ball at the breakdown, let alone turn it over. The visitors conceded just seven turnovers all game, and for a second week, kept noted poacher Fraser McReight well contained.