One is a tinkerman who berates his bickering squad in public. The other? Well a part of men will be in that coach’s box with him on Sunday

IS IT possible that the Tinkerman will have the last laugh?

Out of a job regardless of what happens here on Sunday, French coach Marc Lievremont has somehow dragged his beleaguered and bickering squad all the way to a World Cup final. In the opposite corner is a man who has dedicated and invested the last eight years of his life to bringing the Webb Ellis trophy back to New Zealand.

Four years ago Graham Henry’s life fell apart when the French ambushed his All Black side with a performance characterised by passion, commitment, flair and no shortage of skill at the quarter-final stage in Cardiff.