Duane Vermeulen

Duane Vermeulen

Full name	Daniel Johannes Vermeulen
Date of birth	(1986-07-03) 3 July 1986
Place of birth	Nelspruit, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb)
School	Nelspruit High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Eighth Man Current team Template:Rut Toulon Youth career 2004–2005 Template:Rut Pumas Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2007 Template:Rut Pumas 26 (20) 2007–2008 Template:Rut Free State Cheetahs 28 (10) 2007–2008 Template:Rut Cheetahs 20 (15) 2009–2015 Template:Rut Western Province 38 (35) 2009–2015 Template:Rut Stormers 89 (25) 2015–present Template:Rut Toulon 0 (0) Correct as of 21 June 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 Emerging Springboks 1 (0) 2012–present South Africa 37 (10) Correct as of 18 June 2016

Vermeulen playing for Western Province (2010)

Daniel Johannes 'Duane' Vermeulen (born 3 July 1986) is a South African rugby union player, who plays for French Top 14 side Template:Rut Toulon, having previously represented Western Province provincially and the Template:Rut Stormers in the Super Rugby.

Career

Vermeulen plays as a Number eight but he is equally adept at playing both blindside and openside flanker.

He began his career in the Free State, playing for the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Vodacom Cheetahs in the Super 14. He eventually followed his former coach Rassie Erasmus and joined the much larger and more competitive Western Province rugby union in 2009 after three seasons with the Free State.

Although putting in some strong displays for the Stormers in the 2010 Super 14 season, where the Stormers made it all the way to the final, and looking like being a certain selection for the Springboks, Vermeulen was not called into the Springbok squad that faced Wales, Italy and France. He was also omitted from the Springboks 2010 Tri Nations Series squad.

Before his first full international cap, he represented South Africa at the second level of international rugby, appearing for the Emerging Springboks. The highlight of his appearances for the Emerging Boks was being a part of the squad that performed well against the British and Irish Lions, holding them to a 13–13 draw during their tour to South Africa in 2009.

After a stand out Currie Cup domestic Rugby Season, Vermeulen was named as part of the 39-man preliminary training squad ahead of the 2010 end of year grand slam tour to the Northern Hemisphere. He was once again overlooked for selection in the final squad. Injuries plagued Vermeulen's 2011 and early 2012 seasons, however, after playing just 9 games of Super Rugby, was selected as part of Heyneke Meyer's squad for the away leg of the Rugby Championship.

Vermeulen has twice won the Currie Cup, in 2007 with Freestate and in 2012 with Western Province.

In 2014, he was one of five nominees for the IRB Player of the Year award. He was then named captain of the Stormers for the 2015 Super Rugby season. Whilst out with a neck injury, in June 2015 Vermeulen flew to France to be unveiled as a post-2015 Rugby World Cup signing for Top 14 club RC Toulonnais.

International career

On 8 September 2012, Duane Vermeulen made his international debut for South Africa, where he formed part of the starting lineup going up against Australia. He was selected again to start the following week against New Zealand in Dunedin, where South Africa lost by 10 points. On 29 September 2012, South Africa beat Australia 31 – 8, a victory which marked Vermeulen's first Springbok win.

He was selected for the Springboks' 2012 Northern Hemisphere tour. Vermeulen received a man of the match award for his performance against England at Twickenham during this tour, based on a number of vital turnovers on the ground, 15 hard tackles, and his role of primary ball carrier on the day.

Test Match Record

Against	P	W	D	L	Tri	Pts	%Won
Argentina	4	4	0	0	1	5	100
Australia	6	4	0	2	0	0	66.67
England	2	2	0	0	0	0	100
France	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Ireland	2	1	0	1	0	0	50
Italy	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
New Zealand	6	1	0	5	0	0	16.67
Scotland	3	3	0	0	0	0	100
Wales	4	3	0	1	1	5	75
Total	29	21	0	8	2	10	72.41

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Argentina	Soweto, South Africa	FNB Stadium	2013 Rugby Championship	17 August 2013	Won 73-13
2	Wales	Durban, South Africa	Kings Park	Mid-year rugby test series	14 June 2014	Won 38-16

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 21 June 2015

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Points	Yel	Red
2007	Template:Rut Cheetahs	7	5	2	437	0	0	1	0
2008	Template:Rut Cheetahs	13	12	1	949	3	15	0	0
2009	Template:Rut Stormers	13	13	0	1040	0	0	0	0
2010	Template:Rut Stormers	15	15	0	1186	2	10	0	0
2011	Template:Rut Stormers	16	15	1	1178	0	0	1	0
2012	Template:Rut Stormers	8	8	0	640	0	0	0	0
2013	Template:Rut Stormers	10	10	0	791	0	0	1	0
2014	Template:Rut Stormers	16	16	0	1221	1	5	0	0
2015	Template:Rut Stormers	11	11	0	848	2	10	0	0
Total		109	105	4	8290	8	40	3	0

External links

• Stormers profile
• WP rugby profile
• "SA Rugby Player Profile – Duane Vermeulen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
• itsrugby profile
• Duane Vermeulen at ESPNscrum