New Zealand Rugby's top brass are positive about the trajectory of the All Blacks under head coach Dave Rennie. 

Since he took over in July the team have followed three Nations Championships wins in July with a 3-1 series loss to South Africa. 

Despite the overall result against the Springboks including three straight defeats NZR chief executive Steve Lancaster feels there's been good progress during Rennie's short time in charge. 

He told Piney it feels as though they were actually capable of winning the series, as they were pretty close in the three matches they lost. 

"It's given us a really good barometer of where the team sits against the Springboks ... we know what the gap is, we know what we need to do, and we're pretty confident that the, the group that we have leading the team will get them there." 

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