Career
His regular position is flanker. Youth
At school level, Verwey played for Hoërskool Middelburg, where he earned an inclusion in the Pumas Under-18 side for the Academy Week tournament in 2007 and also played for the Pumas U19 side in the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He captained the school"s first team in 2008 and played for the Pumas U21 side in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship before a spell with the Blue Bulls U19s in the Under-19 Provincial Championship.
Pumas
In 2009, he returned to the Pumas, signing an Under-21 contract with the Witbank-based side.
He made his first class debut during the 2009 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a substitute in their 42–18 victory over the Griffons in Welkom. After one more substitute appearance against the Border Bulldogs in East London, he made his first start in the competition against the Griffons in Witbank.
Blue Bulls and Uttar Pradesh Tuks
He returned to Pretoria in 2010, making a single appearance for the Blue Bulls U21 side in the 2010 Under-21 Provincial Championship, as well as playing club rugby for university side Uttar Pradesh Tuks in the Carlton League. He also represented Uttar Pradesh Tuks in three editions of the Varsity Cup competition.
He made seven appearances for them in the 2011 Varsity Cup, helping them reach the final, where they lost 26–16 to the UCT Ikey Tigers, with Verwey playing the last twenty minutes of that match.
They went one better in 2012, winning the competition for the first time, with Verwey starting all nine of their matches during the competition and scoring tries in their regular season matches against Northwestern University Pukke and NMMU Madibaz. During this time, he also made two substitute appearances for the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup competition – one in semi-finals of the 2012 semi-final and one in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, both times against Griquas in Kimberley. Falcons
In 2013, Verwey moved to the East Rand to join the Falcons.
He immediately established himself as a first-team regular, starting twelve of their matches during the 2013 Currie Cup First Division.
He made five starts in the 2014 Vodacom Cup for the Falcons, which included a memorable match for Verwey as a scored a hat-trick of tries in their 65–14 victory over the whipping boys of the competition, the Limpopo Blue Bulls.
