Codie Taylor heaps praise on coaching team after New Zealand's Rugby Championship success

All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor lavished praise on the coaching team as they claimed the Rugby Championship title.

New Zealand had a mixed last year putting a lot of pressure on Ian Foster with the board also announcing Scott Robertston as his successor post the upcoming Rugby World Cup.

Nevertheless, they had wins over Argentina, South Africa and New Zealand that saw them retain the Rugby Championship while also winning the Bledisloe Cup for the 21st consecutive year.

"We didn't finish the way we wanted to, but it was all there around the style of game we wanted to play, and all the coaches are putting in massive work, and their input in each little area has been huge for us," he told the All Blacks official website.

"Fozzie [Ian Foster] is on the attack, and Schmidty [Joe Schmidt] focuses on the breakdown and keeping the ball alive.

"Then you've got Stormy [Scott McLeod] and Jase [Jason Ryan], whose controlling d [defence] and set piece.

"We're getting there but there's still a lot to build on and that's the exciting thing."

Despite the success, Taylor said they will treat every game equally as they go on to take on the Wallabies in Dunedin as they step up the preparations for the World Cup.

"We've got to reset to zero again this week because we get to play Australia at home which is going to be exciting too.

"That was just on the back of the work we've been doing as a team overall at training and it's good to see it paying off and the boys believing in what we're trying to do."