The first two games we have been a bit soft in that area and we've got to be hard on ourselves as players and coaches to tighten up on that.
Warren Gatland was insisting yesterday that his first-choice team remains off the agenda, but behind the scenes the starting XV must be formulating in the coaches' heads.
The British & Irish Lions went down to their first defeat on their tour to New Zealand after The Blues scored a brilliant late try to win 22-16.
"It's continual learning, the frameworks clearly aren't in place yet, from the performance at the weekend, but we want to improve and we know we need to improve".
The seven-times Super Rugby champions have also been more expansive this year under Robertson, but he said it would be churlish not to adapt to what the Lions threw at them.
But a devastating counter-attacking move, featuring two slick offloads, saw Ihaia West charge through the Lions defense, giving the 40,000-strong crowd in Auckland's Eden Park reason to roar.
His combination with Murray is the one Gatland could choose for the first test and for that reason the pair need to demonstrate an ability to control a game to a much greater degree than the Lions have shown so far on tour.
Centre Ryan Crotty will miss the Crusaders' clash with the Lions due to a rib injury but has been named in the All Blacks squad.
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"This is a huge and exciting challenge for us", Robertson said in a statement. We gave a lot of unforced penalties away and put ourselves under pressure with back-to-back errors.
Last Saturday in Whangarei the Lions struggled against the New Zeland Barbarians, a collection of New Zealand provincial rugby players.
Super Rugby's unbeaten leaders the Canterbury Crusaders are expecting a "torrid night" against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday. We know he's going to be a threat in a couple of weeks. Will they be good enough to beat the Crusaders at AMI Stadium in a match described already as the unofficial fourth test?
The British and Irish Lions go head-to-head with the All Blacks for the first time on Saturday, June 24.
Lions: Hogg; North, Davies, Te'o, Williams; Farrell, Murray; Vunipola, George, Furlong, Jones (capt), Kruis, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Faletau. Replacements: K Owens, J McGrath, D Cole, M Itoje, CJ Stander, R Webb, J Sexton, A Watson.
Robertson said that Saturday's match with the Lions will be a special moment in his players' professional careers, and that while the Lions have some of the best worldwide players in world rugby, the Crusaders also have their own collection of world beaters.
Such a haul includes every member of their tight five - Joe Moody, Codie Taylor, Owen Franks, Luke Romano and captain Sam Whitelock - as well as the likes of Seta Tamanivalu and returning full-back Israel Dagg.
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