Gregor Paul argues in the New Zealand Herald that the World Cup hosts are getting a little too cocky ahead of Sunday's final against France.
"Thankfully the All Blacks are about the only people in New Zealand not a touch complacent right now.
"Everyone else it seems has already decided the final has been won with others going as far to label the French as the worst finalists of all time.
"Such views are starting to grate. Not because the French are enigmatic and unpredictable and capable of an upset; in all honesty this lot probably don't have it in them to pull off the unthinkable.
"It grates because it comes across as needlessly arrogant and disrespectful especially when predictions are made about the likelihood of a 20-points-plus victory. Imagine the outrage if it were the English or Australians talking with such premature confidence?"
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