The All Blacks have lost two Rugby World Cup knockout matches after leading at half-time, both against France.
Vincent Clerc is top try scorer in the tournament with six, chased by Israel Dagg on five and Jerome Kaino, Sonny Bill Williams and Richard Kahui on four.
Clerc is one of the three players to have played every minute of his team's six RWC 2011 matches, along with Quade Cooper and Adam Ashley-Cooper. Kaino was subbed off in the final seconds of the All Blacks' last match robbing him of that distinction.
Morgan Parra will be playing his fifth game at first five-eighth and his 86 per cent goal kicking success rate is the best of all the goal kickers on display this weekend. Dimitri Yachvili's success rate is 71 per cent, while Francois Trinh-Duc has been pinpoint with both of his drop goal attempts during the play-offs.
Piri Weepu is kicking at 75 per cent, and his third penalty goal last week against Australia saw him reach 100 test points. Aaron Cruden is sitting on 50 per cent for his goal kicking having missed one penalty but landed one conversion. He is 100 per cent with his drop goal attempts after slotting one against Australia last weekend.
Expect plenty of big tackles in this game, with Thierry Dusautoir (81) and Julian Bonnaire (78) coming up against Richie McCaw (61) and Jerome Kaino (50).
The All Blacks should have it over France when it comes to linebreaks with Ma'a Nonu (nine) and Richard Kahui (eight) sitting in the tournament top 10, and Sonny Bill Williams on the bench as the top linebreaker with 11.
The All Blacks have racked up 39 tries in the 293 points they have scored in the tournament to date, and are well ahead of France who have scored just 15 tries and 152 points. However, the All Blacks will still fall short of their own tournament record number of 52 tries and 361 points they set at RWC 2003.
Craig Joubert, who took refereed the New Zealand versus Australia semifinal, becomes only the second South African to officiate a RWC Final following two-time final referee Andre Watson. The final will be his seventh match of RWC 2011, and he is the first official to take charge of six or more games at one RWC tournament.
Whoever wins the World Cup this Sunday will top the IRB World Rankings. New Zealand are currently first and will remain there with a win, but if France should win they will move to the top and become the first northern hemisphere side to hold that position since England in 2004. There is also the potential for New Zealand to drop as low as third if France win by more than 15 points, and either Australia or Wales win by the same margin in the Bronze Final.
France last beat New Zealand 27-22 in Dunedin in 2009.
BRONZE FINAL: AUSTRALIA v WALES
These two sides have played 28 times with Australia winning 17, Wales 10, and there has been one draw. The only game played on neutral territory was the bronze play-off game at the 1987 RWC, where Wales won 22-21.
Wales have scored the second most points in this tournament behind New Zealand, having scored 27 tries in their total of 210 points. Australia are the third best with 26 tries in their 190 tournament points.
James O'Connor has a 77 per cent success rate for kicks at goal at this tournament while James Hook is only on 58 per cent.
Stephen Jones, who will be on the bench for Wales, has an 85 per cent success rate from his 13 attempts. He is eight points behind Wales' leading points scorer in the history of the RWC, the current Wales Skills Coach Neil Jenkins (98 RWC points).
Gethin Jenkins, who will captain Wales from loosehead prop, will become Wales' most capped RWC player with his 15th appearance this weekend.
Quade Cooper and Adam Ashley-Cooper are two of only four players to have played every minute of their team's six RWC 2011 matches. Ashley-Cooper has the chance to become the top try scorer in the tournament sitting second equal on five tries behind Vincent Clerc who has six.
Nathan Sharpe will become the fifth Wallaby and 21st player from any nation to win 100 test caps.
The Welsh locks Alun Wyn Jones (22 wins and one steal) and Luke Charteris (18 wins and three steals) have won more lineouts than any other players at this World Cup.
Charteris has also made the most tackles at the tournament with 88, but it is Australia's David Pocock who has the impressive stat of 41 tackles and no misses so far.
Quade Cooper has made the most running metres of any player with 953. Wales will be looking to George North who is their best runner having made 590 metres. North has also made 10 linebreaks, the same as Adam-Ashley Cooper.
The outcome of this game will have a big effect on the IRB World rankings. If Wales lose this game they will fall to eighth, if they win narrowly they will move to fourth, but if they win by more than 15 points they could finish as high as second if France beat New Zealand.
Wales last beat Australia in Cardiff 21-18 in 2008.
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Correction - An earlier version of this article said Jerome Kaino has played every minute for the All Blacks, however he was subbed off in the 80th minute in the side's semfinal win over Australia.
