All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen believes the current laws are doing rugby no favours as a spectacle and he is hoping for a flowing match when they meet England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Despite an electric atmosphere at a packed San Siro on Saturday, the second-string All Blacks beat Italy 20-6 in a slugfest dominated by kicks, penalties, scrum resets and some basic errors from both sides, while England's 16-9 win over Argentina at the same time at Twickenham was also poor spectacle

"At the moment kicking has overtaken the game. They tried to change all the rules and halfway through the process they decided to play differently up here," Hansen told NZPA.

"They didn't want to play some of them so we've got a hybrid type of game and it's ended up with everyone kicking. They probably need to bring the mark back anywhere on the field, then you can't kick it.

"They've always played differently up here, too, and we've just got to accept that.

"But I think the game of rugby needs a good game; not necessarily just a battle up front but some good ball movement and some good tries."

Hansen admitted the All Blacks relied on a safety-first approach in their past two test wins over Wales and Italy, which made it six consecutive northern hemisphere tests where they had not conceded a try.

"Sometimes you've got to kick the ball because of the defences and the kicking game is part of opening it up for later on. We probably have been guilty of kicking too much."

Hansen predicted that England might try to open the game up when they host the All Blacks this weekend.

"They'll obviously take us on up front, they're a big pack and Wilkinson will kick them around the park, but I think they'll run the ball a bit more than those other two sides we've played.