Kane Hames is grumpy about the Chiefs' scrummaging against the Sunwolves.
The all All Blacks' front-row failed to consistently impose themselves against their committed and less vaunted Japanese counterparts last Saturday night, so expect more time to be devoted to that key area with scrum coach Carl Hoeft ahead of Saturday's clash with the Reds in New Plymouth.
"I don't like to use the word 'owned' unless I'm the one doing the owning," quipped loosehead prop Hames.
"It was pretty inconsistent. I think it was a combination of lack of preparation at scrum time, coming back from the tour, and we put minimal time in, about 10 minutes. It probably showed in the results and we hadn't prepared for a few things they had done.
"We went over time today again for other stuff and got cut short with our scrummaging. It can be frustrating, I remember a quote 'You don't rise to the level of your expectations, you fall to the level of your preparation.' I really hope that doesn't happen. I hope we value that a bit more and put more work into it."