Their new coach had a few more lessons to dish out. On Thursday, while the rain lashed sideways in grey Wellington, a tape of last week's game ran on continuous repeat inside the team room at their hotel.
"I put it on today, and they're all in there sitting and watching it, having lunch and watching," McKenzie said.
"You've got to live in the real world. I've worked out when you travel around and you're in hotel rooms, you live in this detached world where you play and you go back [to the hotel], you're in the training environment and preparing, but the real world is out there."