All Blacks: We had to make 276 tackles, and 100 of those were in the last quarter

New Zealand thoughts must turn now to dealing with raging hot semi-final favouritism against Argentina - but they haven't got the buzz of beating Ireland out of their system yet

New Zealand's assistant coach Scott McLeod.

The All Blacks are desperate to avoid any repeat of their disappointing 2019 experience in next Friday's World Cup semi-final against Argentina, defence coach Scott McLeod said Sunday.

Four years ago, New Zealand romped in to the last four with an emphatic 46-14 victory over Ireland only to be caught cold by a brilliant England performance and come a cropper a week later in Yokohama.