Suggitt fires All Blacks warning

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And All Blacks boss Graham Henry agreed with the blunt assessment delivered by his opposite number in the aftermath of his team's 64-13 victory at Hamilton on Saturday.

Asked what the Kiwis could learn from the contest, Suggitt said: "They've got to work harder before they play against South Africa next week."

He added: "For us, this was labelled Mission: Impossible and credit to our guys for playing for 80 minutes.

"That's a tough ask for a team that's half-amateur and half-professional, to play against an All Blacks team that's preparing for the World Cup. I'm happy with the way we performed."

Henry accepted that his team would have to step up their performance in Durban after the Springboks overcame Australia 22-19.

"I am concerned about some areas," he said. "I thought we went to ground too early and we didn't blow past the ball, but that got better in the second half.

"Some credit has to go to Canada. They contested strongly at the tackle area, they've got some big boys and they were strong and competitive and didn't allow us to get into too much rhythm.

"Some of our guys had half their mind in the plane - we're leaving early in the morning so that's natural and that may have created less focus than normal - but 64-13 is still a reasonable score."