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The All Blacks put 40 points on Scotland but according to the international media, the biggest challenged they faced did not come from the opposition but themselves.
Richie McCaw's men are facing criticism for dropping the ball as they squandered a chance to rack up a large tally against the Scots.
The Daily Telegraph in the UK reports handling errors let the All Blacks down, despite a strong performance in the scrum.
The All Blacks were picked to knock Scotland over with ease but even the BBC has been critical of New Zealand.
"The tournament favourites eased off after the break and did not fully capitalise on their superiority."
In Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald has also put the boot in.
The paper described the errors as taking the gloss off the All Blacks' win.
"The match statistics showed a near full-strength All Blacks team had made 20 handling errors against what was a second-string Scottish XV," the paper reports.
The South African Independent online follows suit.
"It was a far from vintage performance from New Zealand, whose finishing lacked the cut-throat edge they had displayed in their previous Pool C wins over Italy and Portugal," the AFP report said.
The report goes on to say that Scotland never challenged the men in black who seemed to go into "cruise control".
Scotland coach Frank Hadden has taken a beating in the local press. The Scotland on Sunday described Hadden as being "at his belligerent worst" when he announced the team to play the All Blacks last week.
The coach has come under pressure to justify picking a second-rate side.
"Perhaps Hadden has reason to be antsy, since his fate, and very probably that of his assistant coaches, is irretrievably bound up with that of his team over the next six days," the Scotland on Sunday reports.
The press in Scotland are yet to update their pages after the Scotland versus All Blacks game.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
