The French apparently came here in 2009 with a weak side and were supposed to be easy-beats.
They then ran out and beat the All Blacks at Carisbrook and went ever so close in the rain in Wellington a week later.
So beware any predictions of soft line-ups.
The first two games in the World Cup for the French have been average. They eventually pulled away from Japan and then saw off the Canadians, who put up a spirited show.
The man pulling the strings for the Tricolors in the bulk of these two games was first five-eighth Francois Trinh-Duc.
Of Vietnamese origin, Trinh-Duc struggled a wee bit, and so the coach has seen fit to replace him with Morgan Parra, who normally plays halfback.
Then, with key hooker William Servat not starting, people are saying the French have thrown it.
But pocket-rocket Dimitri Szarzewski is hardly a bad replacement for Servat, and if the French really were looking to throw the game would not Thierry Dusautoir be cooling his heels.
Parra has something of that X factor about him, and the French always like that.
French coach Marc Lievremont is still fiddling with his line-up.
But what coach isn't? After 40-odd tests in the past three and a-half years, Graham Henry still doesn't know who his best halfback is.
His back three could be one of many different combinations.
Springboks coach Pieter de Villiers does not seem to know either who his best halfback is going into the third game of the tournament, while it could be either Jonny Wilkinson or Toby Flood in the No 10 jersey for England. Let's not talk about centres wearing the black jersey at World Cups.
That is rugby in a tournament like the World Cup. Teams change, all coaches go with hunches, especially these days where every player is the same in terms of fitness and conditioning.
Plus, are not New Zealanders the pot calling the French kettle black? The All Blacks for many years rotated and rostered their way through seasons, and tournaments. Fielding changed teams was their specialty.
Remember Greg Rawlinson, Angus Macdonald anyone?
But most importantly, why are any New Zealanders getting worried about how weak the French side is?How can it be any good to lose games at the World Cup?
If the All Blacks go out there, skin the French, and win by plenty, then it is all advantage New Zealand.
And to those who say they have shelved out money to watch France B, there are plenty of people around who will happily take their seats.
About four million in fact.