Bulls No 8 Cameron Hanekom on the charge against Leinster in the URC semi-final at Loftus Versfeld on 15 June 2024. (Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
It was so fitting that Cameron Hanekom almost constantly resembled a heyday Duane Vermeulen in the glorious late-afternoon winter sunshine at Loftus on Saturday.
The No 8 position is a notable green-and-gold vacancy following the Bulls old-boy’s retirement from Test rugby after RWC 2023: what a perfect time, then, for the 22-year-old tyro to light up the rigorous stage of a URC semi-final.
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