Rugby-All Blacks' Foster faces crunch clash with Boks at Ellis Park

New Zealand head coach Ian Foster speaks at a news conference ahead of their second clash in this year's Rugby Championship competition with South Africa at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Beleaguered New Zealand coach Ian Foster insists his side are still evolving as they face South Africa in a second Rugby Championship fixture at Ellis Park on Saturday, potentially his last test in charge of the All Blacks.

If the court of public opinion back home was both judge and jury, Foster may leave the job whatever the result at the weekend but it is certainly hard to see his position being tenable in the face of another loss, with the All Blacks having been beaten in five of their last six tests.