Daniel's injury opens door for Vermeulen
Daniel was ruled out for up to 12 weeks when he fractured his radius in a 35-7 pre-season win over the Cheetahs on February 3.
The 31-year-old's experience will be missed, but in Vermeulen, who was included in the Durban side's 27-man tour squad to Australia, the Sharks have a versatile player.
"Jacques is a youngster that has joined us from Western Province – he has an incredible work ethic," said Sharks coach Robert du Preez ahead of the team's departure to Australia.
"He is very talented and he played SA Under-20 and he is a youngster that can cover us in all three [back-row] positions. We are fortunate to have a guy with that ability in our setup."
Meanwhile, Du Preez confirmed that Curwin Bosch will provide flyhalf cover on tour after Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Garth April and Inny-Christian Radebe were not included in the tour squad to play against the Reds and Brumbies.
"We were debating whether to take a second flyhalf," said Du Preez. "The options were Benhard, Garth and also Inny, but I wanted them to get more game time – there was very little to choose between the three of them.
"At this stage, we are happy to go with Patrick [Lambie] and then Curwin will cover him."
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