Sky Sports expert Sean Fitzpatrick conceded that his countrymen profited from some poor refereeing and shady tactics as New Zealand retained the Bledisloe Cup with victory over Australia in the Rugby Championship.
Overall, though, the former All Black was delighted with his countryman's performance in Wellington. He said: "It is job done. They have retained the Bledisloe Cup and continued in much the same vein as last week. They were very clinical, did the job and it was almost a shut-up-shop in that second half.
"They had done enough and they will be very pleased. They dominated the scrum, dominated the breakdown and will be very pleased with that performance."
Inevitability
As for Australia, who have now lost their first two matches under new head coach Ewen McKenzie, Lynagh believes they showed some improvements from last weekend's heavy defeat on home turf, but they are still a long way from threatening the All Blacks.
"They will be very disappointed," he said. "They had opportunities there that they just did not capitalise on once again. I just feel the team played, particularly in the first half, with a lot more pace, a lot more vigour and were driving out of the breakdowns quite well. Just they just could not get over the tryline. Defensive they missed a lot of tackles again.
"I just felt that there was an air of inevitability there where every time the All Blacks got the ball they looked like scoring. Australia, when they got the ball, they struggled. It is a little bit better but still a long way from where we need to be to beat a team like the All Blacks."
