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France had mostly been awful in the World Cup, losing 19-14 to Tonga in the group stages while scraping through 9-8 against Wales in the semi-final despite playing 70 minutes with a numerical advantage following Sam Warburton's early red card.
Yet they still bounced back to give the All Blacks a scare in the final.
"They're very unpredictable. You've only got to think back to the 2011 World Cup and everyone wrote them off and expected us to win by heaps (in the final), and they came out and played probably the best game they played all tournament," added Hansen.
"When they're written off, that's when they're at their most dangerous I've found.
"We've got a lot of respect for them, we think they're good athletes, they're good at the core role of the game and they've got the flair when they choose to use it."
There are certain similarities between France's build up to this game and the World Cup final of 2011.
Les Bleus had had an inconsistent year then too, losing to Italy for the first time ever in the Six Nations, although they warmed up for the World Cup with back-to-back home and away wins over Ireland.
This year they have not so much been inconsistent as largely poor.
They again lost in Rome as they finished bottom of the Six Nations for the first time since Italy were admitted to the competition.
They have only one win in eight internationals this year compared to New Zealand's 11 out of 11 tests in 2013 that has seen them retain the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship with a 100 percent record for the second year in a row and complete triple successes over both
 

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