Springbok hardman Duane Vermeulen concedes the Springboks will start the Rugby Championship at a disadvantage should they get the green light from the government to travel to Australia for the tournament that kicks off on November 7.  

“New Zealand and Australia have been playing for the past 10 or 11 weeks and they already finished their competition‚” said Vermeulen‚ who was part of last weekend’s restart of professional rugby in this country at Loftus...

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