David Leggat flirts with the jitters prior to the All Blacks' big day in The New Zealand Herald.
"If France start well, get early points and arrive at halftime in touch, or even in front, watch out. Before last weekend's semifinal against Australia, the air was thick with tension at Eden Park.
"Normally sound, unflappable people were jittery. Was the dream to be dashed once more? This, remember, is a road well travelled by the All Blacks."