Bosch's performances will give Du Preez selection headache when Lambie recovers from his back injury

The Sharks lost their ability to entertain a long time ago but their mechanical efficiency works very well for coach Robert du Preez.

They needed to be pragmatic and were also reliant on a mature performance from Curwin Bosch in their 38-30 win over the Cheetahs.

Bosch contributed 18 points to the cause and it leaves Du Preez in a quandary of where to play him when Pat Lambie recovers from his back injury.

“Pat is in a class of his own but we also have the strength of Curwin also being a good fullback because he'll have a lot of space to exploit when he plays there‚" Du Preez said.

"He's ready to play flyhalf now and when Pat is back‚ we'll be in a good position and Curwin will go back to fullback.

"He's got the confidence and when you play at 10‚ you just have to make all the calls when the team is under pressure. There's a lot of responsibility at 10‚ whereas there's not so much of it at 15.

“He's definitely got BMT and he's also got some pedigree.

"We just need to be careful about him because he's still young and we still need to look after him. However‚ he's one for the future.”

Sharks captain Lubabalo “Tera” Mtembu had the benefit of watching Bosch's mature outing against a side that has cause the Sharks endless and unexpected misery over the years.

With the forwards giving Bosch an excellent platform and also playing better than they did last week against the Southern Kings‚ Mtembu said Bosch is developing into an excellent match-winner.

“Curwin is playing some phenomenal rugby at the moment‚" Mtembu said.

"He's come off the bench and won us games and he won us the game here. Credit also has to be given to the team because this was a team effort at the end of the day.

"They gave the platform but he's a special player. May his career continue to grow.”

With the Lions next for the Sharks‚ Du Preez knows his team will have to be better but he remained thankful for the win.

The fact they missed out on a bonus point didn't worry Du Preez.

“We'll take the win any day but with that‚ we said we wanted to score tries and we got four of them. It was a much better performance than last week for example where we scored only two tries.

"At the end of the day‚ you've got to score tries and get the bonus points but in this tournament‚ that's not easy. We're also in a tough group with the Lions and the Jaguares.

"They're playing good rugby and those games are crucial‚” Du Preez said.

- TMG Digital