Coach Allister Coetzee announced at a media briefing held at the High Performance Centre in Bellville today that both Duane Vermeulen and Gary van Aswegen have started training with the DHL Stormers team.

“ Both Duane and Gary have been working really hard to get back to training, Duane will be assessed after this weekend, and Eben Etzebeth is also 100% ready to go, said Coach Allister Coetzee”.

The team will head off to Caledon and Hermanus this weekend where they will be training ahead of next weekend’s semifinal.“Our training for the semifinal starts this weekend and our preparation will be crucial as to how we wish to execute our plan. We are in pretty good shape, injury wise, for this stage of the competition” said the Coach.