"Australia will be pretty disappointed with how they played last week. It sounds like they've battened down the hatches and have got into a bit. We've got to expect that they'll raise their game, their intensity and their accuracy of their game, so therefore we'll have to do the same. We've got plenty that we can improve on and if we've got a good mental approach to the game, which during the week's preparation we've started to see come out, then we've given ourselves a chance of winning the game."
Hansen and his fellow selectors have made just once change for the second of three Bledisloe Cup matches, and that was injury-forced, with Wyatt Crockett coming in at loosehead prop for Tony Woodcock, as expected.
The remaining squad members have been given a pass mark for their performances at ANZ Stadium but have been told that improvements were required.
"We haven't played for a wee while so we felt it was important to get our combinations going and give the group that started a re-start. We were happy with how they went but we're expecting them to go up a level."
For Crockett, who has played six tests after making his debut in 2009, it is a chance to impress 12 months after his last outing in black - also against Australia at Eden Park.
He said he was focusing on doing the basics well, which for him means scrummaging solidly, in particular, against a pack which has made improvements in this area.
"It's never been easy for the All Blacks, it's always been a real challenge," Crockett said. "They've got some good boys in there and in the past 12 months they've come a long way as well."
All Blacks team to play Wallabies at Eden Park on Saturday, kick-off 7.35pm: Israel Dagg, Cory Jane, Ma'a Nonu, Sonny Bill Williams, Hosea Gear, Daniel Carter, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read, Richie McCaw, Liam Messam, Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Andrew Hore, Ben Franks, Brodie Retallick, Victor Vito, Piri Weepu, Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith.
