Forwards coach John Dalziel does not believe Scotland have a defensive problem, despite their recent trend of conceding more tries.
New Zealand touched down seven times in their Nations Championship victory at Murrayfield on Sunday.
The Scots conceded six tries in the defeat by South Africa in the summer, having given up five in the victory over Argentina.
In the loss to Ireland in the Six Nations they conceded another six and, while they delivered a mesmeric attacking display to beat France and rack up 50 points, they shipped another six tries in defence.
Dalziel believes those numbers speak more to a trend of higher scorelines across Test rugby generally than any specific problem with Scotland's defensive game.
"I wouldn't say any issue [with the Scotland defence]," Dalziel said. "It's the game, isn't it, at the moment?
"In the professional era all the way through, with defence coaches coming from rugby league, in terms of professional game coming in, it's been that uphill challenge of attacks trying to get on top of that. From the game, law changes and amendments, we're seeing a far more open game.
"You see that even with the penalty count, the team in possession of the ball seem to have all the rewards. There's only one penalty given against attack in the first half and for both sides. We've got an open game and teams are actually outscoring teams rather than the slugfests we used to have with kicking penalties in 12-9 games.
"It's good for the exposure [of the game], that's the game at the moment."
