Jacques Vermeulen

Jacques Vermeulen
Personal information
Full name Johannes Frederick Vermeulen
Born (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995
Paarl, South Africa
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
School(s) attended Paarl Gimnasium
Club information
Playing position Flanker / Lock
Current club Western Province / Stormers
Youth career
2008– Western Province
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2015– Western Province 4 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2013 S.A. Schools 3 (0)
2014– S.A. Under-20 7 (5)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 11 June 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 22 June 2015.

Johannes Frederick 'Jacques' Vermeulen (born 8 February 1995 in Paarl, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province and the Stormers.[1] His regular position is flanker, but he can also play as a lock.

Career

2008–13

He represented Western Province from as early as primary school level, when he played at the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2008. In 2011, He was included in their Under-16 squad that played at the Grant Khomo week before playing in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week in both 2012 and 2013, starting all three of their matches in both competitions and scoring one try in their 2013 match against the Golden Lions.[2]

After the 2013 competition, he was included in the South African Schools side. He started their matches against England<ref name=""Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England"">"Match Breakdown: South Africa vs England". South African Rugby Union. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014. </ref> and Wales<ref name=""Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales"">"Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Wales". South African Rugby Union. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014. </ref> and played off the bench against France,[3] helping South Africa to victories in all three matches.

2014

Despite not initially being included in the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship, an injury to Dan du Preez led to Vermeulen being called up.[4] He started their 61–5 victory over Scotland in their opening match of the competition,[5] but didn't feature in their next match against hosts New Zealand, where South Africa achieved a 33–24 win.[6] He returned to the starting line-up for their final pool match against Samoa[7] and also started their 32–25 victory against New Zealand in the semi-final.[8] He made his fourth start of the competition in the final against England, but could not prevent South Africa losing the match 20–21 to finish the competition as runners-up.[9]

He returned to domestic action to represent the Western Province U21s in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, despite still being eligible for their Under=19 side. He started five of their matches in the competition, with the side making it all the way to the final of the competition before losing 10–20 to the Blue Bulls U21s.[10]

2015

Vermeulen was included in the Western Province squad for the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition. He made his domestic first class debut on 21 March 2015, starting their match against the Boland Cavaliers in Caledon and helping them to a 25–10 victory.[11] He also started their matches against the Sharks XV,[12] the Eastern Province Kings[13] and Griquas.[14]

He was named in a 37-man training squad for the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team[15] and subsequently included in the squad that embarked on a two-match tour of Argentina.[16] He started their 25–22 victory over Argentina in the first match,[17] but didn't feature in their 39–28 victory a few days later.[18]

Upon the team's return, he was named in the final squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[19] He didn't play in the first of their three matches in Pool B of the competition, a 33–5 win against hosts Italy,[20] but came on as a replacement in their 40–8 win against Samoa in the second match.[21] He started their final group match against Australia, scoring a try in the second minute of the match to help South Africa to a 46–13 win[22] which saw South Africa finish top of Pool B to qualify for the semi-finals with the best record pool stage of all the teams in the competition. Vermeulen didn't feature in their semi-final match against England, which saw them lose 20–28 to be eliminated from the competition by England for the second year in succession[23] but he did start their third-place play-off match against France, helping South Africa to a 31–18 win to secure third place in the competition.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "SARU Player Profile Jacques Vermeulen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Western Province vs Golden Lions". South African Rugby Union. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs France". South African Rugby Union. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Du Preez blow for Baby Boks". iafrica.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs Scotland". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Match Breakdown: New Zealand vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Samoa vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa vs New Zealand". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Match Breakdown: England vs South Africa". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Western Province U21 vs Blue Bulls U21". South African Rugby Union. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Boland Cavaliers vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Match Breakdown: DHL Western Province vs Cell C Sharks XV". South African Rugby Union. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Match Breakdown: EP Kings vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Match Breakdown: GWK Griquas vs DHL Western Province". South African Rugby Union. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Junior Bok training squad confirmed". South African Rugby Union. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "SARU names Junior Bok squad for Argentine tour". South African Rugby Union. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 25 a 22". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Los Pumitas cayeron ante Baby Boks por 39 a 28". Unión Argentina de Rugby (in Spanish). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Liebenberg to lead Junior Boks at U20 World Championship in Italy". South African Rugby Union. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Italy U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Samoa U20". South African Rugby Union. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs Australia U20". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Match Breakdown: South Africa U20 vs England U20". South African Rugby Union. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "Match Breakdown: France U20 vs South Africa U20". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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