The Vodacom United Rugby Championship resumes this weekend and Kingspan Stadium will showcase Saturday’s blockbuster clash between two Springbok heavyweights when Ulster host the Vodacom Bulls.
No 8 Elrigh Louw has emerged as an exciting bruiser and one of the standout talents for the Vodacom Bulls since the inaugural Vodacom URC, while veteran Duane Vermeulen powers the Ulster defence with his abrasive physicality while lending experience as a stand-in captain.
Good mates off the field, Vermeulen and Louw famously got into a scuffle at training during the former’s stint at the Vodacom Bulls between 2019 and 2021, with the latter not backing down. Belfast is expected to host a repeat of these events when the two SA hard men meet at the gainline again on Saturday.
The former DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls thumper was colossal in the Vodacom URC clash, at one point storming away after a breakdown steal before sprawling fellow Bok Rohan Janse van Rensburg with a powerful fend.
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