It has happened on previous occasions where we have put in a great performance one day, only to come out a little flat in the next game and suffering a defeat.
We knew Argentina would come out firing after their loss to us in the first test. The whole team was extremely disappointed following Wednesday's loss and we knew that we had let ourselves down with that performance.
Nothing really changed in the way we approached the game, but we just didn't play to our structure, were disjointed and didn't do the basics the way we should have.
However, the heavy loss will be a learning exercise for the whole team.
One of the things that we must take away from the match is that we have to quickly adapt on the field when play is not going our way.
We just didn't recognise the danger that Argentina was posing in the second match and didn't make the necessary changes on the field.
We went over the video footage of the game once we arrived in Hawke's Bay yesterday.
This was obviously a very difficult part of the review process, but very necessary to ensure we learn from the performance.
Hard lessons are part of growing in the sport and this was one of the hardest of all.
I spoke to the girls at the end of the game and told them not to take the loss as a negative.
As I have said, this must be seen as a learning experience and we now have a very firm idea of the standard we will need to achieve if we are to be competitive in the Hawke's Bay Cup competition.
As a group we now move on from Wednesday to focus on the next task, our opening match of the Festival of Hockey against Japan on Saturday.
We travelled from Gisborne to Hawke's Bay yesterday and arrived in the rain.
My home town is sunny Nelson and I really hope the sunshine returns to Hawke's Bay in time for the start of the tournament.
I look forward to seeing big crowds at the park to cheer us on as we take on seven of the best teams in the world in the Hawke's Bay Cup.
