A day after the deeds of the afternoon, and the night, before, Steve Hansen's voice was a little croaky but his mind clear. Asked if he wanted to extend his contract as All Blacks head coach from 2017 to go through to the next World Cup in Japan in 2019, he said: "I'd probably say it was more likely I won't be there after 2017".
That means the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in 2017 is likely to be his swansong. If so, that would have given him seven years in the job after he took over from Sir Graham Henry following the All Blacks' 2011 World Cup success, and that, Hansen believes, is long enough.
"There's a reason why it [contract] only goes to 2017, and it's because I'm not sure about that [continuing]. I wouldn't say no, but I'm certainly not saying yes, either. You only get 10 years for murder back home ... I like the idea of changing the guard halfway through a four-year cycle which has the World Cup in the middle of it.
"I think when people come in it's easy to get some real dramatic shifts early and it's a lot harder to keep that momentum going. And I think also for a long time we put everything on the World Cup ... unless you've got some real strength of character, you can be ... tricked into making decisions that are right for your survival as opposed to what's right for the team.
"I'd probably say it was more likely I won't be there after 2017. It's been a good trip so far and we've just got to finish it off."