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All eyes turn to Mbombela Stadium in the early hours of Sunday morning (NZT) as the All Blacks open their Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship campaign with their first Test on South African soil since 2018.
Opening their Australian tour against the Reds and Brumbies ensured the Hurricanes had plenty to focus on in DHL Super Rugby Pacific.
Foster is safe. Search high and low and you'll be hard-pressed to find an All Blacks coach who has been culled mid term.
ANALYSIS: There was irony aplenty as the men in black set new points-scoring feats in an underwhelming attacking display at Stadio Olimpico.
Experienced New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick will miss this weekend's Test in Italy due to a shoulder injury, forwards coach John Plumtree said on Tuesday.