Bordeaux bègles vs Sharks

The Sharks dug deep and took a massive step towards securing a home playoff in the European Champions Cup by beating Bordeaux-Begles 19-16 on an icy cold ...

The Bordeaux crowd booed, but Bosch was unfazed as he kicked his conversion. Bordeaux used that numerical advantage to boss the Sharks at a rolling maul, peeling off to score the opening try of the contest through Renato Giammarioli to take a 7-0 lead, but Bosch then knocked over a hugely impressive penalty from over 55m to narrow the gap and put his side on the board. Flyhalf Curwin Bosch was near-flawless with the boot, kicking 14 points - including one effort from over 55m - as the Sharks recovered from an early Werner Kok yellow card and a largely uninspiring first 40 minutes to get the job done.

The Sharks recovered from a nervy first half to secure a tense win over Bordeaux-Bègles in their Champions Cup clash on a freezing Friday night at Stade ...

[December 16, 2022]

The slow poison of their power game was what set the Cell C Sharks on the road to a deserved 19-16 victory over Bordeaux Begles in their Heineken Champions ...

He was fortunate it was not on the neck, or he would certainly have seen red. In that first half, it also looked like the Sharks had rediscovered their penchant for lining up deep to take the ball, which isn’t helpful to their attacking game. That did come, but perhaps later than expected given how often the French team was infringing. They continued to be in control in the first few minutes of the second half, but then came a slew of penalties against them as the Sharks began to take control with their power game and simply deny their opponents possession and opportunities. Bordeaux applied most of the early pressure and it wasn’t a huge surprise when they scored their first try in the seventh minute, with Renato Giammarioli showing impressive leg drive off the back of a lineout and completing a try that the Sharks will feel they should have stopped. The Sharks started sloppily but it was obvious from around the 20 minute mark that they were growing into the game as their forwards started to gain the ascendancy, and sure enough it was pretty much all the Sharks after halftime as they flicked the switch and suffocated the home team’s ambition by just denying them the ball.

The Cell C Sharks recovered from a shaky first half to power to a tense 19-16 win over Union Bordeaux-Bègles in their Heineken Champions Cup clash on a ...

The flyhalf further displayed his game-management acumen by popping over a sweetly-struck drop goal to make it 7-6 as Kok returned from the sin bin. Siya Kolisi and company flipped the game on its head in the second half, taking complete control with their power game and improved accuracy. They trailed 13-9 at halftime as a result, with Curwin Bosch’s boot keeping the Cell C Sharks in the hunt.

Werner Kok scored a crucial try as Sharks continued their winning start to life in the Heineken Champions Cup with a 19-16 win over Bordeaux.

[Zack Holmes](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/zack-holmes/) replying for Bordeaux. [Renato Giammarioli](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/renato-giammarioli/) going over for try after just seven minutes. [Heineken Champions Cup](https://www.rugbypass.com/european-champions-cup/) with a 19-16 victory over Bordeaux.