Bosch wins Sharks No 10 jersey back, poised for major role against Benetton

Months after losing his starting jersey to Boeta Chamberlain, flyhalf Curwin Bosch has regained his rightful place in the Sharks starting XV away to Benetton on Saturday night.

The Springbok was reportedly on the brink of signing for English club Bath after the Sharks recruited Argentine international Tito Bonilla late last year.

As Bosch's minutes dried up, rumours were that former Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika was interested in bringing him to Green Rockets in Japan.

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Bosch hasn't started a game yet in his favoured position, having started at fullback three times in Europe last year while Chamberlain usurped the pivot spot.

However, the former Grey High School prodigy remained put in Durban and fought for his place back despite dropping down to the Currie Cup, where he excelled.

Bosch entered the field at Loftus last time out and helped the Sharks close out a rare win at Loftus with surprisingly adept cover defending and a deadly accurate boot.

His kicking game, which has gotten its Va Va Voom back, will be critical against Benetton in head coach Sean Everitt's estimation.

"Curwin's done well in the last few weeks and, as we saw when he came on against the Bulls, he kicked well for poles," said Everitt on Thursday.

"The challenge coming towards us is that Benetton have the fourth most kicking metres in the competition, so it makes to go like-for-like and that's why Curwin gets a run.

"We haven't been as good as we would have liked with the accuracy of our pole kicking. Hopefully, Curwin will take that challenge away."

The Sharks, who placed ninth on the United Rugby Championship (URC) log, don't want to be caught pants