While the youngsters are hunting the 'Beast', South Africa's premier loosehead prop Tendai Mtawarira remains an important cog in the Springboks' machine.
The 92-Test veteran has been playing international rugby for almost a decade, and is the only remaining member of the Springbok team that last held the top spot in the World Rugby rankings in 2009, following a series victory over the British & Irish Lions and a clean sweep over the All Blacks.
There have been pundits who have called for Mtawarira's head in 2017, especially after coach Allister Coetzee decided to refresh the Boks with many new faces in various positions following a disastrous 2016. The emergence of young Steven Kitshoff as a powerful international loosehead has put further pressure on the coach to put the Zimbabwean-born prop out to pasture.
But the Beast is standing firm, especially when it comes to the Boks' prowess at scrum time in the five Test matches they have played in 2017.
The popular loosehead is definitely not the explosive ball-carrier he used to be, in terms of breaking tackles and making metres over the gainline. But with what he has brought in power, experience and technique in the scrum, he remains a golden boy in the green of South Africa.
The Bok scrum has been dominant in the first two Rugby Championship matches against Argentina, with Mtawarira, hooker Malcolm Marx and tighthead Coenie Oosthuizen forming a potent combination. But it is Mtawarira's leadership and old-school tricks in this department which is laying the platform for the pack to have a full go at the opposition.
The Boks will be licking their lips to take on an Australian scrum on Saturday in Perth, which showed some signs of weakness in two matches against New Zealand. However, the Beast says they are not underestimating the Wallabies ahead of the match at the nib Stadium.
"Our scrum has performed well in the first two games against Argentina, but it's a work in progress," Mtawarira told reporters ahead of Saturday's Test.
"We want to keep working hard to improve every weekend, and the Wallabies present quite a tough challenge upfront. For us it's just about getting those one-percenters right."
Assistant coach Matthew Proudfoot -- a former Scottish international prop -- has introduced more 'live' scrumming sessions, with the players going up against each other instead of the scrum machine. This seems to have fine-tuned the Boks' collective effort at scrum time. It has certainly made them tougher.
The sessions are quite competitive, as the players climb into each other. However, while it does get hot in the heat of battle, Mtawarira says the front rows have kept their tempers in check and want to take their frustrations out on the opposition.
"The live scrumming is something that has benefited us as a pack. It's the best way to prepare for a Test, because you are not going to go up against a scrum machine on Saturday," the Sharks prop said.
"We make it difficult for each other and train different scenarios, and you make sure that you work on those things, so that it's all muscle memory on a Saturday. As a front row, we are still young and still growing, and every weekend is an opportunity to get better."