McCaw says All Blacks have no mental edge over French

RICHIE MCCAW denies New Zealand will enter Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against France with a crucial psychological edge.

France have not beaten the All Blacks since 2000, losing eight of the nine meetings since then and shipping an average 43 points per game in the last six of those contests.

Even on home soil Les Bleus have stumbled, crashing to a series defeat last November, and they have been installed as heavy underdogs for their Millennium Stadium showdown.