On Sunday morning (NZT), the All Blacks brushed aside the Springboks with a 32-16 victory to complete their clean-sweep of the inaugural Rugby Championship.
The picture is becoming clear for all to see; the title of ‘world champion' is simply not enough for the All Blacks. World domination is their goal, and they're rewriting the record books on the way.
Captain fantastic, Richie McCaw, became the first man to collect 100 test victories.
His All Blacks are just two tests shy of breaking the record for the most consecutive victories and they are within five games of winning all tests within a calendar year, a feat no team has achieved in the professional era.
There is only one side that is remotely capable of derailing the All Black express - our great rivals, the Springboks.
Exposed and vulnerable are terms you could associate with any side visiting South Africa. The air is thin, which leaves players battling for oxygen as much as they battle at the breakdown.
The Springboks are always quick to utilise this advantage, and in the first twenty minutes they did so against the All Blacks.
The visitors were on the back foot and conceded multiple penalties, creating the illusion of inevitable defeat with a 10-0 lead to the Springboks.
However, ‘roll-over and die' has never been an All Black strategy.
They managed to claw back the margin before half-time and went on to unleash a complete second half performance, scoring 20 unanswered points to crush the 'Boks.
Hansen emptied his benches, giving all 22 men the chance to help seal the victory in Soweto.
The forwards worked tirelessly to secure ball at the breakdown, and Kieran Reid was the stand-out among the poachers. The Crusaders' No.8 was at his menacing best and took some of the workload off his captain.
The record books show that teams struggle to defeat a team with one McCaw; two would be a nightmare.
Hosea Gear may not have added to the score sheet, but he stepped up to the challenge set by his coaches during the week. His world-class abilities are now a concrete fact rather than a possibility.
This victory was guided of course by the cool, calm and collected playmaker we know as Dan Carter.
His presence in the side has been sorely missed. I'm normally the first to sing the praises of Aaron Cruden, but Carter has shown there is still a considerable gap between himself and his inevitable heir.
I am patriotic about the All Blacks to the point where I'm almost one-eyed, a terrible trait for any rugby writer to have.
But it's doubtful even Stephen Jones, the Welsh rugby scribe whose attacks on the All Blacks have become the stuff of legend, could disagree there is a wide gulf between the All Blacks and their competitors.
The facts are there for all to see, and they are written in black and white.