World Cup-winning head coach Steve Hansen has endorsed the present All Blacks squad after they accomplished their fourth win of the 12 months over the Wallabies in Dunedin by 23-20.

The previous All Blacks coach stated the present facet is trying ‘stronger’ than the group that he took to Japan 4 years in the past on the final Rugby World Cup.

Hansen’s final All Black group claimed bronze over Wales after falling brief to England within the semi-final as they tried to turn out to be the primary nation to win three consecutive William Webb Ellis trophies.

“They’re taking part in effectively. They’ve received a number of self-belief and also you noticed that on Saturday after they come from behind, with what was a really younger group on the park, they usually discovered a strategy to win it. I believe all techniques are go,” Hansen advised Newstalk ZB.

“They’ve set out a plan that they wished to win the Rugby Championship and to get some confidence within the group after final 12 months. In order that they went about that and received each take a look at match.

“They secured the Bledisoe Cup and that allowed them to experiment. So you possibly can’t knock their plan. I believe it’s been excellent.”

Underneath Hansen’s former assistant Ian Foster and new assistants Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan, the 2023 facet turned the primary All Black group to win the Rugby Championship in a World Cup 12 months with earlier makes an attempt in 2015 and 2019 failing.

Foster has talked about taking ‘robust steps’ ahead because the facet ‘ticks off’ every purpose in the direction of their marketing campaign in France.

Hansen shared a few of the considering with regards to deciding on a squad for the World Cup with versatility excessive on the precedence listing resulting from restrictions round squad sizes and changing injured gamers.

“I believe they performed effectively. So this comes down now as selectors. How can they get the 33 people who swimsuit event rugby?” Hansen stated.

“The World Cup isn’t like a traditional tour. There’s sure restrictions that you could and might’t do and you’ll’t simply up and substitute folks. So that you’ve received to have a little bit of utility in your squad.

“All people’s put their hand up and now it’s only a matter of the selectors checking out what they need and there might be some actually good gamers miss out, which is hard however bodes effectively for the group itself.

“I believe they’ll find yourself deciding on a facet that’s stronger than 2019 that we took to the final World Cup.

“They’re going to go there with a number of confidence and with a number of gamers in kind, whoever is the thirty fourth man is gonna be fairly unfortunate.”