CURWIN ’N GRANT FLYING THE FLAG FOR SHARKS IN URC …

As the regular season of the 2022-23 URC is about to be concluded this weekend, it is opportune to take a look at the competition stats and how our Cell C Sharks’ boys have fared so far…

* The Cell C Sharks have won nine of their 17 games to date, scoring 60 tries in the process and conceding 59;

* Curwin Bosch is ranked in fourth spot as far as points scorers in this year’s competition is concerned, having amassed 102 points to date. Bosch’s tally includes 25 conversions, 14 penalty goals and two tries. Bosch kicked 2898 metres in total, and also made 39 tackles.

* Grant Williams is amongst the top try-scorers (joint fourth) in the current URC, having crossed the whitewash on no fewer than nine occasions so far. This includes a brace against Benetton last Friday, which bagged him the Man of the Match award. Williams made 60 carries, gained 501 metres and made 10 clean breaks.

* Eben Etzebeth (8) and Jaden Hendrikse (13) are both included in the URC ‘Top 100’, a player ranking system that combines recent performances across the URC, EPCR competitions and international rugby. Unfortunately both Etzebeth and Hendrikse are currently sidelined through injury.