Daniel Johannes "Duane" Vermeulen is a South African rugby union player, who represents Western Province provincially and the Vodacom 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. 

July 3rd, 1986 in Nelspruit (Age 38)