Much of the regular pre-match banter between opposing rugby coaches this week has been about the size and shape of their mouths.
One of Henry's assistants, Steve Hansen, was asked about Springboks coach Peter de Villiers who said that his All Blacks opposite had a big mouth.
Hansen told journalists that he hadn't read about de Villiers' remarks but added, "He's got an upside down mouth." he said about his boss with the All Blacks.
"He's one of those unfortunate people born with an upside down smile." he told NZPA.
On the pre-match banter Hansen said: "I don't want to comment on that. It's just mind games from two very astute coaches."
The banter started when the Springboks left South Africa and de Villiers said he and Henry had something in common - a big mouth.
De Villiers also appeared to be bothered by comments by Henry and captain Richie McCaw that South Africa "played less rugby" than New Zealand and Australia and would have to be "forced out of their comfort zone".
"Graham Henry is a good coach, but he's like me, he has a big mouth," de Villiers said.
"I don't understand what they mean by playing less rugby. We all play for 80 minutes. And we are never in a comfort zone.
"We try to improve week by week, even if it's just by half-a-percent."
South Africa are favourites to take the title again this season after beating the All Blacks 3-0 last year.
Hansen however says that he does not believe that the All Blacks were suffering from any hangover from those run of defeats and were in good shape having beaten Ireland and Wales last month.
"I know there's a deep down desire to perform well," he said.
"Having lost the Tri-Nations last year, there's a huge hunger to win it back."
"We fancy ourselves as being a fairly handy rugby side too, and it will be a big test match," he said.
"Tri-Nations rugby involves three of the sides in the top four in the world rankings and there's a lot at stake.
"Clearly the tension and pressure that comes with that is a lot greater than normal."
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