New Zealand's advantage in exploiting the laws of rugby as they have been applied in 2009 was a direct result of the rugby played in the schools system.
All Blacks coach Graham Henry said during an extended media session on Thursday that the type of rugby played by secondary schools had a direct link with the style employed by the national team.
"We're fortunate that [in] our breeding ground in rugby in this country which is the major secondary schools, they play that sort of football.
"If you watch the New Zealand [Under] 20s play they play a ball-in-hand game that is our natural game. It hasn't always been our natural game but if you watch Hamilton Boys' play Rotorua Boys' you'll see a ball-in-hand game of rugby," he said.
Henry added it would be the same in Australia but if you went to Britain and watched London Boys' Grammar School play Cardiff Boys' Grammar School you would see a kicking and driving game.
"It's inbred, so I think we're lucky we've got that sort of background in our game," he said.
Super 14 or 15 was a ball-in-hand game and while it had been criticised by 'so-called experts' in other parts of the world as not real rugby it was a fact that the Crusaders and the Blues and the Chiefs wanted to play ball-in-hand rugby.
They were advantages for New Zealand to start off with when looking at the game as it can now be played.
Before the season started the All Blacks coaches had done research on how best to play the game and what channels to attack but New Zealand's performance had been a combination of a number of things which included the fact the players were excited playing that style of game.
Just how much more innovation there might be came down to continually researching the game which was something the coaches would be doing by keeping an eye on the Top 14 in France and the Premiership and Leagues and knockout tournaments in Britain.
Henry confirmed that the coaching roles in the side would remain with Steve Hansen controlling the forwards and Wayne Smith the backs.
"I think Steve is coaching the best I have ever seen him coach. They're very together that forward pack and he's been very stimulating and on the job there and Wayne's always had a hugely high standard and has continued that," he said.