Richard Loe: Winning is not the only thing All Blacks need on this tour

By the time most of you read this, the All Black-Wales test will be over and I am expecting a pretty comfortable victory.

But it's time we set out what the objectives of this tour should be - as it's a vital one. They are: 1) Win every game.

2) Improve performance.

3) Blood new players and ensure older players make a convincing case for themselves.

4) Start making firm decisions on back-ups for Dan Carter and Richie McCaw.

5) Put ourselves in a better position to beat the Boks.

First and foremost - win every game. New Zealand still expects that of our All Blacks, never mind rotation and new blood and all of that.

It's time too for senior players like Mils Muliaina, Rodney So'oialo and Neemia Tialata to provide the sort of performance that makes it imperative to select them for 2011.

Secondly, we need to lift performance. The All Blacks have not looked good nor consistent for most of the season, although there was a pleasing lift against the Wallabies in Wellington and in Tokyo.

What we as rugby followers and a rugby nation want to see is for the All Blacks to play with dominance and to put opponents away.

The Wallabies, it has to be said, weren't much. The All Blacks are playing better but you have to take the opposition into account.

We should beat Wales, Italy, England and even France are traditionally not much chop until after Christmas.

So, all right, we might come away with a 6-0 tour results sheet - but what will that mean?

Not much if we come back home and get thumped every game by the Boks again. We need to lift our forward play, scrum, lineout and all aspects so we can match the Boks.

I hear a lot of people complain about how boring the Boks are. Not for me. Being ruthless and brutal is part of test rugby and, to win World Cups, you have to be more ruthless and brutal than every opponent you face. This tour has to begin to get the All Blacks more into position to do that.

It's also a time to blood new players. You feel great for Zac Guildford getting a go overnight - he at least gets a chance to state his case. But we need to blood others - particularly those seen as being back-ups for our two most important players, McCaw and Carter.

We saw how vital McCaw is with that display in Tokyo. Carter also stayed on the field with a bung leg to kick goals. Didn't say much for their confidence in the guy backing him up, did it?

Stephen Donald is his official back-up but I don't think he would rate in the top 10 No 10s in the world. All of us are waiting for Mike Delany to get a trot but he's not even on the bench. Why take him and not play him?

I know he'll get a run against Italy, presumably, but that'll be getting on for three or four weeks since he's played and that makes it harder for him to shine.

As for No 7, we have to make a firm decision on Richie's back-up soon and stick to it. Tanerau Latimer has the chance to do that on this tour but, again, he's not getting a run. And there are people back in New Zealand like Scott Waldrom, Karl Lowe, George Whitelock and maybe even Tom Chamberlain of North Harbour who could do the job and who would be greeted with open arms by selectors in other countries.

Next year, we are going to have to select people and stay with them so there isn't much chance for assessment if we don't play these guys on tour.

I'd go as far as to suggest that, once the All Blacks are ahead in matches and more or less controlling the play, we hook people like McCaw and Carter off and give their back-ups a decent run.

I know I have always been against rotation and for playing the best team week in and week out but we haven't got anywhere near finding a suitable replacement at 7 and 10 - so we need to make some different moves there.