 Gold joined the side at the conclusion of the 2014–15 Top League Season, which was just three weeks before the Sharks' opening game of the 2015 Super Rugby season, against the Cheetahs; the game was lost 35–29.Gold got his first win as Sharks head coach the following week, defeating the Lions 29–12.The Sharks later went on to win just six of their next fourteen games, to see them slump to 11th on the table, a massive drop from the preceding season.