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IOL News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
Rejuvenated Curwin Bosch set to play for Barbarians against Springboks
Former Sharks players Curwin Bosch will play for the Barbarians against the Springboks at the end of the month. Photo: Backpagepix Last week, Deans announced the first wave of his star-studded squad, which includes Ireland veterans Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray, as well as former All Blacks captain Sam Cane. Bosch, a two-cap Springbok, is enjoying a new lease of life in France's second division with Brive. According to Rapport, Bosch has been playing with renewed freedom since leaving the Sharks at the end of the 2023 season and is on track to feature against the Boks. Barbarians coach Robbie Deans has reportedly approached former Sharks fly-half Curwin Bosch to represent the invitational side against the Springboks in Cape Town on 28 June. Now 27, Bosch played 155 matches for the Sharks across all competitions between 2016 and 2023. He earned his first Springbok cap in 2017 in a Test against Argentina in Gqeberha—his hometown and the city where he attended Grey High School. His second and final appearance came in 2018, when Rassie Erasmus selected him for a friendly against Wales in Washington. Bosch joined the Sharks straight out of school and remained with the Durban-based franchise until his move to France last year. He describes the transition as the best decision he could have made. 'It's a new environment. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to make the Springbok squad, and that was my only goal,' Bosch explained. 'It was something I thought about every day. I tried to become a perfect rugby player.' 'I wanted to do everything right, but in the process, I started doing less, because I wanted to be perfect,' he added. 'It will always be a dream to play for the Boks, but it's good that I took myself out of that South African environment. In France, I'm just playing rugby again and not overthinking everything.' Bosch has helped Brive to a strong campaign, with 20 wins from 30 matches. The club now prepares to host Montauban in next weekend's Pro D2 semi-finals. 'I have a lot of confidence, and the team has also done well. It's the first time in a long while that I've been so comfortable with my own game,' Bosch said.
The Citizen
25-05-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
Barbarians show interest in forgotten Bok flyhalf
'I have a lot of confidence and the team has also done well. It's the first time in a long time that I've been so comfortable with my own game.' Curwin Bosch warming up prior to the Castle Lager Springbok Showdown match between Springbok Green and Springbok Gold at DHL Newlands Stadium on October 03, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. Picture: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images. The Barbarians have reached out to a Springbok flyhalf about the possibility of playing against the world champions in Cape Town on 28 June. According to Rapport, Curwin Bosch's performances for French Pro D2 club Brive have impressed the invitational team and he could be asked to join the likes of former All Blacks captain Sam Cane and Irish veterans Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray for the match. The 27-year-old told Rapport that moving to France from the Sharks had been an excellent career move. 'It's a new environment. I put a lot of pressure on myself to make the Springbok squad and that was my only goal,' said Bosch, who earned his only two Test caps back in 2017 and 2018. 'It was something I thought about every day and I tried to become a perfect rugby player. 'I wanted to do everything right, but in the process I started doing less, because I wanted to be perfect,' he added. 'It will always be a dream to play for the Boks [again], but it's good that I took myself out of that [South African] environment. Here I'm just playing rugby again and I'm not overthinking everything.' Brive finished second on the Pro D2 log this season, with 20 wins from 30 matches, and host Montauban in next weekend's semi-finals. 'I have a lot of confidence and the team has also done well. It's the first time in a long time that I've been so comfortable with my own game,' Bosch said. This story was first published on It is republished here with permission.
