Duane Vermeulen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daniel Johannes Vermeulen | ||
| Born |
3 July 1986 Nelspruit, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Nelspruit High School | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Eighth Man | ||
| Current club | Toulon | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Pumas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2005–2007 | Pumas | 26 | (20) |
| 2007–2008 | Free State Cheetahs | 28 | (10) |
| 2007–2008 | Cheetahs | 20 | (15) |
| 2009–2015 | Western Province | 38 | (35) |
| 2009–2015 | Stormers | 89 | (25) |
| 2015–present | Toulon | 0 | (0) |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2009 | Emerging Springboks | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–present | South Africa | 37 | (10) |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 June 2015. |
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* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 June 2015.
† Appearances (Points).
Daniel Johannes 'Duane' Vermeulen (born 3 July 1986) is a South African rugby union player, who plays for French Top 14 side Toulon, having previously represented Western Province provincially and the Stormers in the Super Rugby.
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.
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