The front-row club had a meeting in Auckland yesterday.
Not a secret coming together of the clan - there were more than 100 onlookers, and they wanted to know the ins and outs of the mysteries of the men up front.
All Black front-rowers Owen Franks, Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock all fronted up yesterday 48 hours out from the biggest game of their lives.
The usual lines were asked and answered but it seems this trio just want to get on with the game.
They have an important job to do, and explaining it and talking about it is not really their idea of a fun day.
But it is in the job description, so they offered their take on the dark arts of the front row.
Woodcock said he was happy with the way the scrum had performed so far but he had huge respect for the French team.
"They've got a good forward pack. Set piece is something they hang their whole game on and their backs are really dangerous. They can put it together on any day so we have to watch out," he said.
Woodcock felt the All Black scrum was coming together well and had enjoyed playing together in most games.
After an injury-disrupted season it was good for his game to get match time, he said. He had envisaged the final many times before, not always in the way he wanted, Woodcock admitted.
"I've been having a few dreams and some of them we have lost, so that is not ideal. But I've had time to reflect how far we've come and we need to make sure we finish the job."
Franks, the youngest of the trio by some distance at just 23, said it was every New Zealand kid's dream to play in a World Cup final and he was no different.
"It's pretty unreal now that I'm going to do that. You want to make the most of the opportunity."
Franks said the forward pack had worked hard all tournament and knew it would face another tough examination against France.
Hooker Keven Mealamu will play his 92nd test tomorrow, equalling the record for an All Black hooker set by Sean Fitzpatrick.
Mealamu said to match Fitzpatrick's record was a surreal feeling.
"I have not really looked at it as getting a record. I just want to do my job and get the result for the boys. The record has come along pretty quickly."
Mealamu said he was lucky enough to be involved with Fitzpatrick in the New Zealand Colts where Fitzpatrick was a manager. He described Fitzpatrick as a professional before the game went professional.
Mealamu said he was wary of a powerful French scrum.