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18 Facts About Duane Vermeulen

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Daniel Johannes "Duane" Vermeulen was born on 3 July 1986 and is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Ulster Rugby in the United Rugby Championship, he previously played for the Vodacom Blue Bulls and thePumas, Free State Cheetahs andWestern Province in South African domestic rugby, the Cheetahs, Stormers and Bulls in Super Rugby and Toulon in the Top 14.

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Duane Vermeulen was an instrumental part of South Africa winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup and received the Man of the Match award in the final.

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Duane Vermeulen began his career in the Free State, playing for the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Cheetahs in the Super 14.

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Duane Vermeulen 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.

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Duane Vermeulen put in some strong displays for the Stormers in the 2010 Super 14 season, where the Stormers made it all the way to the final.

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

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Duane Vermeulen was named captain of the Stormers for the 2015 Super Rugby season.

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Whilst out with a neck injury, in June 2015 Duane Vermeulen flew to France to be unveiled as a post-2015 Rugby World Cup signing for Top 14 club Toulon.

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Duane Vermeulen made his Ulster debut on 11 December 2021 in the European Rugby Champions Cup, against Clermont Auvergne.

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Duane Vermeulen looked like being a certain selection for the Springboks, Duane Vermeulen was not called into the Springbok squad that faced Wales, Italy and France.

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Duane Vermeulen was omitted from the Springboks 2010 Tri Nations Series squad.

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Duane Vermeulen made his international debut for South Africa on 8 September 2012, where he formed part of the starting lineup going up against Australia.

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Duane Vermeulen was selected again to start the following week against New Zealand in Dunedin, where South Africa lost by 10 points.

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Duane Vermeulen was selected for the Springboks' 2012 Northern Hemisphere tour.

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Duane 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.

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Duane Vermeulen played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final against England.

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Duane Vermeulen was part of the South African team that won their third World Cup at the Yokohama Stadium in Japan.

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Duane Vermeulen was awarded a man of the match award for his performance where he made a number of vital contributions, including 10 carries, making 49 meters and 2 turnovers.

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