Head coach Andy Robinson has vowed that Scotland will hit back strongly in their remaining EMC Autumn Tests against South Africa and Samoa, as the team’s November campaign began in disappointing fashion with a 49-3 defeat to New Zealand. Robinson has insisted that the Murrayfield crowd will see a much improved performance when the Springboks come to town next Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm), after the All Blacks, who have swept just about all before them this year, ran in seven tries in a clinical display of precision attacking.Head coach Andy Robinson has vowed that Scotland will hit back strongly in their remaining EMC Autumn Tests against South Africa and Samoa, as the team’s November campaign began in disappointing fashion with a 49-3 defeat to New Zealand. Robinson has insisted that the Murrayfield crowd will see a much improved performance when the Springboks come to town next Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm), after the All Blacks, who have swept just about all before them this year, ran in seven tries in a clinical display of precision attacking. Robinson confirmed: “We have set down the challenge for next weekend: we need to improve. “Tonight was a harsh lesson for all of us, an indication of the reality of what the top standard of international rugby is all about. We let the nation down. “I thought New Zealand were outstanding in the way they played rugby and we were unable to match that. We dropped off too many tackles in the first 20 minutes and the game was over. “The balance of the way we want to play broke down, but in the second half we looked to challenge ourselves and keep possession. “We know we need to be a lot better against South Africa, and we’ll be working hard this week to make sure that’s the case.” The importance of a positive start had been stressed by the Scotland camp all week, and the Murrayfield crowd were out of their seats as early as the third minute to salute a successful Dan Parks penalty awarded for New Zealand’s failure to roll away. If this was entirely the manner in which Scotland had wished to open up, they found the All Blacks equally determined to stamp their authority on the game right from the very beginning. Rugby union was made to look a very simple affair in the opening quarter as the Kiwis ran in three tries. The first two each had at their core a clinical offload, with centre Sonny Bill Williams setting the tone by bursting through to feed Hosea Gear for the first touchdown of the game. Dan Carter duly landed the conversion, before taking a cute inside ball from Isaia Toeava to land a score of his own. The stand-off was then fed by Liam Mesam on the right touchline and, despite appearing in danger of loosing his footing, he managed to find full-back Mils Muliaina who crossed the line untroubled. This triple blow didn’t prevent Scotland from seeking to take the game to the All Blacks where possible. Hugo Southwell made a nice dent in the visiting defence, only for an unfortunate Allan Jacobsen knock-on to rupture the momentum. Max Evans also tried to find a way through the layers of Kiwi cover with a jinking run from deep, but couldn’t locate the support outside him and soon the chance was gone. Unfortunately for Scotland, New Zealand remained unerringly clinical in attack. Graham Henry’s men landed their fourth try in the 27th minute, working the ball quickly and accurately from right to left and creating an overlap that allowed Gear to saunter in for his second score. With Carter having added the extras to each of New Zealand’s quartet, the Blacks’ lead at half-time was 25 points, despite Scotland’s efforts to play on the front foot as their game-plan intended. Just before the interval, the home support were able to cheer a debut cap for Greig Laidlaw, even if their pleasure will have been tempered by concern for captain Mike Blair, whose departure with a head knock paved the way for his fellow Edinburgh player and scrum-half to enter the international fray for the first time. Still it was New Zealand who carried the bulk of the attacking threat. And still it was the offload that proved their most wounding weapon. A fifth All Black try arrived some nine minutes after the break, Williams flipping the ball out of contact to give Muliaina clear sight of the Scottish line and a straightforward task to cross it. In terms of encouraging signs, Scotland could point to a set-piece that continued to give at least as good as it got. A series of scrums close to the New Zealand five metre line saw the hosts awarded four successive penalties. They cranked up the pressure at each set-piece, but couldn’t quite force enough breathing space to let the backs begin to conjure behind. From a Scottish perspective, there was a clear need for a spark of some description, but with the All Blacks continuing to operate with impressive efficiency on all fronts, it wasn’t the easiest exercise. Richie Vernon, who made a first Scotland start in the game, later admitted: It was very disappointing and frustrating because we were in good form going into the game, but we didn’t implement what was needed on the field. We were a long long way short of our maximum level and it’s a big wake up call if we want to compete well against South Africa and Samoa and in the Six Nations Championship. We have a lot to work on in training this week. At times we attacked very positively but coughed up the ball too easily. Defence was a big issue. It’s important for us to get together as a group and come to training ready to work hard ahead of the South Africa game on Saturday. Consolation for the Caledonian audience arrived in the form of another international bow, this time for Glasgow Warriors stand-off Ruaridh Jackson, who replaced Parks for the final 12 minutes of the game. There was also a welcome return for Ross Rennie, the Edinburgh openside who has suffered so grievously with injuries, but here emerged from the bench to make his first Scotland appearance since a Dublin Six Nations debut in February 2008. Alas, even after these moments of encouragement, there was time for a further two All Black scores, the first from centre Conrad Smith and the second from replacement scrum-half Andy Ellis. Stephen Donald converted both. As they look to bounce back immediately, there are encouraging portents for Scotland. Almost exactly two years ago, they recovered from defeat to New Zealand to run the World Champion Springboks mighty close the following week.   EMC Man of the Match: Sonny Bill Williams ScotlandH Southwell; R Lamont, M Evans, G Morrison, S Lamont; D Parks, M Blair (capt); A Jacobsen, R Ford, E Murray, J Hamilton, R Gray, K Brown, J Barclay, R Vernon SubstitutesS Lawson, A Dickinson, N Hines, R Rennie, G Laidlaw, R Jackson, N Walker New ZealandM Muliaina, I Toeava, C Smith, SB Williams, H Gear; D Carter, J Cowan; T Woodcock, H Elliot, O Franks, B Thorn, S Whitelock, L Messam, R McCaw (captain), K Read SubstitutesA Hore, J Afoa, A Boric, D Braid, A Ellis, S Donald, M Nonu  Ref: D Pearson (RFU)Att: 56,807