All Blacks coach Graham Henry says that his team's double victory over the Springboks is due to how the All Blacks have adapted to new law interpretations.
The All Blacks were not impressive in their June International series but they have now adapted to the law interpretations which allow for quick recycling of possession.
"We were prepared to play rugby from a fair way out from the goal line and were prepared to attack from our own half and that resulted in a couple of tries," Henry told AP.
"The new interpretation of the tackle law has changed the game a lot."
"It allows you to get continuity of possession and to build to score points and the guys did that exceptionally well."
The Springboks have been clearly off the pace over the past two weeks having conceded eight tries to two but captain John Smit says that they have not lost faith in their traditional forward power game and would not be changing their game to match the All Blacks' free-flow style.
"The result is still the same -- we lost the game, but there were far more positives to pull out for our side," he said.
Smit added that he was not happy with Rossouw who was sent off after he kicked All Black captain Richie McCaw on the ground.
"It does put us on the back foot. We had a chance with Dan missing some early kicks which made the deficit only 10 points, that's a point per minute he was off the field."
"Ten points is still an easy target to follow but they kept coming and kept getting good ball and kept stopping our ball."
In last week's match Bakkies Botha lived up to his reputation for being a bad boy when he was sent off and then later cited. Ironically Rossouw came in for Botha and he too was carded.
Springbok wing Jean de Villiers was cited after the match for a dangerous tackle but Rossouw appears to have missed being cited for his kick on McCaw.
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