All Blacks against the wall.

Richie McCaw has challenged the All Blacks to be more clinical against the Springboks and Wallabies, as his side laboured to a 29-10 win over Wales in the final Test before the Tri Nations.

The New Zealand skipper and coach Graham Henry were frustrated at another below-par effort against the Dragons. It was a workmanlike effort that did little for the All Blacks confidence ahead of the Tri Nations.

"When we did hold the ball and got down their end it was penalties we were getting so we just kept on taking the three points but it would have been nice to build pressure and score tries," McCaw said.

The All Blacks have gone through their three June Tests beating Ireland once and Wales twice, scoring 15 tries and 137 points while conceding just 47.

The unbeaten run doesn't tell the whole story though. They beat an Irish side down to 14 men, had Carter to thank for getting them out of danger in the first Test against Wales and failed to put away at least three certain tries in Hamilton yesterday. And Henry has his work cut out ahead of the July 10 opener against South Africa, lauding errors that are certain to be punished against their fellow southern hemisphere heavyweights.

"The game against Wales was a bit messy," the stressed coach said. "There was a lot of ball turned over and dislodged at the tackle." His opposite number Warren Gatland, meanwhile, who demanded his side step up to the plate after going waving the white flag in the second half of last week's first Test, was happy Wales put an end to their try-scoring drought, however, will bemoan Daniel Carter for the second week running, as the star No.10 again proved the difference by kicking five penalties.

Gatland praised his side for stepping up from the 52-9 hiding they suffered in the first Test last week, saying: "We made a big improvement. I thought we scrummaged very well for the first 60 minutes but didn't really get anything from the dominance of our scrum. "Defensively we probably gave away a couple of soft penalties."

The All Blacks were looking for a far more convincing showing with Zac Guildford, Rene Ranger and Richard Kahui all guilty of losing the ball at crucial attacking moments, lapses in concentration that could prove costly come the Tri Nations with, on this evidence, South Africa the favourites.

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