The normal practice is for teams to go under the stand for a private talk with their coaches. But the Wallabies support staff brought refreshments, a massage table and other equipment on to the playing arena.
It would have been difficult for the players to hear the advice of their coaches because of the din inside the stadium. Even the music of the Dunedin Highland Pipe Band was difficult to hear.
But that did not deter new Wallaby coach Ewen McKenzie.
''We've done that for the last few games,'' he said.
''We like to stay in the moment. It's worked for us so we've continued to do it.''
The Wallabies started the practice in Rugby Championship games in South Africa and Argentina.
''We have a bunch of young guys so we like to stay in the environment rather than go under the grandstand and come back and be confronted by the crowd. The players like it so we will continue to do it.''
It was the Wallabies' third test against the All Blacks this year under McKenzie and the gap between the two teams has come down from 18 points in the first test and 11 in the second to eight in Dunedin.
''Each time we've played, the gap's got less on the scoreboard and we've scored more tries,'' McKenzie said.
''But in the end, we haven't beaten them on the scoreboard so it doesn't really matter. The All Blacks are good at putting us under pressure and we haven't dealt with that pressure for long enough. We're getting better at it but not good enough.
''We have improved in parts of the game but other bits and pieces continue to make it difficult for us. Our turnover rate is still too high.
''We are maturing and showing character but we have to be tidier in key moments. Until we win these games I'm never going to be happy.''
Captain James Horwill said the Wallabies now had a better understanding of what they were doing on the paddock.
''We did some really good things tonight and then let ourselves down by making mistakes and errors,'' Horwill said.
''We turned ball over, let the pressure off and let them off the hook.''
