Gregor Paul is predicting some fireworks from an emotional French side as they take on New Zealand this weekend. Read his thoughts in The New Zealand Herald.
"If anyone is looking for a good bet to make on the All Black test this weekend, stick some money on one of the French players being sent off.
"It's been a while since a red card was shown in a major test, but there is something in the air that makes it feel entirely possible, almost probable, that one of the French players is going to lose it. Really do something memorably violent – a stomp on the head, a punch, maybe even a head-butt (they have got form there in both football codes).
"And for another different sort of bet – how about the All Blacks to win with a drop goal? Even better, how about Luke McAlister coming off the bench to land said dropped goal?
"The irony would be rich but again, there is this unmistakable edge at the moment that suggests things are going to boom at the Stade Velodrome; that this is going to be the most memorable test of the season and maybe not for the right reasons, either."
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