OPINION: We're got our first All Blacks team of the season.
Apart from having three Barretts in there and Karl Tuinukuafe, who could have been a bouncer this weekend if he wasn't playing, there's one seriously obvious selection talking point - Jordie Barrett at 15.
Ben Smith - the world's best fullback - moves to the wing and there's no room for Waisake Naholo, who has been superb recently. He's fast, he's powerful, he's looking good and has scored eight tries so far this season, but there's no room for him.
Why?
Coach Steve Hansen says they liked what Barrett did last year against the Lions in June. They like his high-ball options, they like his kicking game, they like his attacking flair - they like everything about him, really, because he's a Barrett.
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He's there at fullback and you have to wonder what the All Blacks' approach will be this week.
You'd think, if they weren't going to be throwing the ball directly wide to a guy like Naholo and you've got Barrett at the back, there could be some kicking going on.
There could be kicking from both sides - maybe they expect the French to kick a lot.
The French might just kick a lot, because one of the talking points in their selection is Morgan Parra. This guy is a very good halfback, but we haven't seen him play test football since the All Blacks beat the French in the quarter-final at the 2015 World Cup.
Of course, the French select a lot of players all the time. That's just how they are - unpredictable on the field and off it with their selections.
Parra is a good kicker of the ball and a good goal-kicker. It makes you think that, just maybe, they'll be playing off 'nine', rather than off 10.
They could big ball runners close to the rucks and mauls, and it could be a physical night out at the office for the All Blacks.
One of the places the French are really strong is in the midfield, with big centre Mathieu Bastereaud, who got in trouble here in 2009, as a young guy who went out on the town.
Who's going to look after him?
The All Blacks have decided to go with Ryan Crotty at 12 and Anton Leinert-Brown at 13. Those two were very successful in 2016 as a midfield combination.
They're going to be up against it this weekend against a French team that rushes up and pushes out. You would have thought maybe Ngani Laumape could have got a look in.
He likes to bang up into the line against the big French centres, but they've gone with Leinert-Brown and Crotty, who both make very few mistakes.
Maybe this is a low-risk option for the All Blacks - they've gone with percentage players over flair and big powerful ball runners.
The TAB has got them at 24-point favourites. I'm not sure the All Blacks should be 24-point favourites in their very first test of the year
With the way they've gone at the back, if they're going to play percentages, you'd have to think they will win by at least a few points.
Ross Karl is Newshub rugby editor.
