Duane Vermeulen will take on his former side the Stormers after being named to start at No 8 for Ulster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match between the two teams in Cape Town on Saturday.

Vermeulen, who spent seven years with the Stormers between 2009 and 2015, is one of two South African players in Ulster’s starting lineup for the clash at Cape Town stadium on Saturday afternoon.

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Cape Town-born hooker Rob Herring will also start for the Irish side after returning from his call-up to Ireland’s Six Nations squad.

Ulster will be captained by experienced lock Alan O’Connor, who will be making his 150th appearance for the team.

Ulster are currently in second place on the URC table, 15 points above the Stormers, who have a game in hand over their opponents

Ulster – 15 Mike Lowry, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Stewart Moore, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Rob Lyttle, 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Marcus Rea, 6 Greg Jones, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 Marty Moore, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Eric O’Sullivan.
Subs: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Mick Kearney, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 David Shanahan, 22 Luke Marshall, 23 Ethan McIlroy.

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