Cape Town - Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen is back from his two-week rest period and will lead the Stormers in Saturday's Super Rugby North-South derby against the Bulls at Newlands (19:10 kick-off).
Vermeulen missed the final two weeks of the Stormers’ Super Rugby tour as part of the SA franchises’ rest agreement with SA Rugby, but his return marks one of four changes to the starting line-up that defeated the Western Force 13-6 in Perth last Saturday.
Two of the four changes are injury enforced, with Johnny Kotze and Pat Howard (on debut) replacing the injured wing duo of Kobus van Wyk (knee - six weeks) and Dillyn Leyds (shoulder - one week), respectively.