'It's the start of the race' - All Blacks can improve after French drubbing, says Steve Hansen

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says there's more to come from his side, despite their impressive showing in the 52-11 victory over France at Eden Park.

After a poor first half that saw the All Blacks trail 11-8 at halftime, Hansen's men exploded into life in the second spell, with 44 unanswered points as France had no answer.

Speaking after the match though, Hansen said last night's performance was just the beginning.

"What we're trying to do is going to take a little bit of time," he said.

"You can't judge it 40 minutes, 80 minutes.

"It's still going to take a lot of bedding down."

Hansen however did praise his side for their performance, at times unplayable in the second half against France.

"What I was pleased about tonight, was that we got excited and we played football."

"Half the forward pack hadn't played for three weeks, for various different reasons.

"We were a wee bit slow in the first 30 minutes of the game.

"What I really enjoyed seeing was that as time went on, people got better and better and got into the groove of it.

"Our basic style of gameplan was there to see. Did we execute it the way to the nth degree? Probably not, but it's the start of the race, not the end of the race."