The Steamers players had two options after the controversial loss to Hawke's Bay in Saturday's Ranfurly Shield challenge.
They could bemoan their bad luck and how key refereeing decisions cost them the game, or put it down to experience and learn from what they could have done better.
Hooker Nathan Harris says they have taken the latter option this week in preparation for tonight's ITM Championship clash with winless Northland in Whangarei.
"It was pretty tough and is one of those things you look back on and wonder, 'What if I did that differently or what if I ran an extra 10 metres'? It is just those little things, I guess, that create a big part of a game like that," Harris said.
"It would be pretty easy to look back and go, 'We were robbed', but what could we personally have done better? That gives a sense of more ownership from player to player, rather than worry about the bounce of the ball because that is an uncontrollable.