Wales are careful about confronting the South African set-piece, which coach Wayne Pivac lauded as "the best on the planet" in front of his side's three-test visit through the Republic.
Wales will leave Cardiff on Thursday on the way to Pretoria, where they will confront the Boks in their most memorable test on 2 July and bring along a bunch of players that should face the genuineness that the Springboks make certain to bring, particularly on their home turf.
Pivac added 21-year old prop Harri O'Connor to the visiting party recently, a shock to those in his country as he has only 207 minutes of senior rugby for his club Scarlets.
While Thomas Francis battles with a back niggle, it implies two of Wales four tightheads are uncapped. Sam Wainwright is the other uncapped tighthead in the scrum.
Wales are probably going to handle Francis, whenever fit, close by Dewi Lake and Rhys Carre in their first column for the tests against the World Champions.
Pivac considers the visit to be two-crease. Confronting the Springbok scrum and guaranteeing the more youthful players gain from the best on the planet.
"It's consistently a worry on the off chance that things turn out poorly, yet there is dependably the chance for youthful players to glean some useful knowledge and develop. There could be no greater learning than going toward the best on the planet in any game," Pivac said on his scrum's possibilities against the World Champions.
"Right now you'd need to say the South African scrum has shown that it has reliably been the most incredible on the planet. Their lineout drive is wonderful and their forward play is presumably top notch.
"They are not World Champions in vain and they are generally excellent at what they do. So in the event that you are a youthful person going on visit going toward that, you will gain tons of useful knowledge. You will realize how you need to get to that level, or ideally you will go well overall and get going on what could be an extremely lengthy profession for yourself.
"It is a thrilling time for any youth going on a visit like this."
He grinned when gotten some information about strategies on the visit, and like numerous different sides who face the Springboks, suggested his group are probably going to attempt to stay away from the setpieces against the Boks, particularly as it is one of their assets.
Running lines and staying away from crashes are likewise on the plan.
"They're extremely enormous men, right? What's more, they're generally excellent in the impact region, so we must ensure we offer ourselves each chance in those areas and footwork will be fundamental. Offering us a chance with our running lines, so those are things we've been working on and will keep on chipping away at," Pivac grinned.
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