"Beast" key as Boks bid to match All Blacks in the scrum

FILE PHOTO - Rugby Union - South Africa Press Conference - Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, Surrey - 28/10/15 South Africa's Tendai Mtawarira during a press conference Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will again rely heavily on experienced prop Tendai Mtawarira in whict they expect to be a bruising scrum confrontation with New Zealand in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.

The powerfully-built Zimbabwe-born loosehead prop, a cult figure in South Africa whose nickname is chanted by spectators when he drives forward with ball in hand, is expected to win his 96th cap in Saturday’s test at Newlands,