You will not find Sharks coach Robert du Preez swinging from the chandeliers and it was no different even after his team comfortably disposed of the Waratahs in Durban. The 37-14 score was emphatic enough‚ but the coach was measured in his appraisal of his team’s second straight win. Du Preez lamented his team’s failure to convert their opportunities in the second half‚ while injuries to flyhalf Pat Lambie‚ flank Philip van der Walt and Clement Poitrenaud gave the coach further cause for caution ahead of this Saturday’s home clash with the Southern Kings. He did not know the extent of Lambie’s injuries. "He hurt his back. He got tackled and fell on his back. Hopefully it is not too serious‚" Du Preez said. He did not show it, but the coach must have been chuffed with the performance of young Curwin Bosch, who replaced Lambie in the sixth minute and contributed 27 points to the Sharks’ cause. Du Preez failed to gush about the performance but recognised that Bosch was "very talented"....
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