Cornal Hendricks

Cornal Hendricks (born 18 April 1988) is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] His usual position is wing.

Cornal Hendricks

Date of birth	(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988
Place of birth	Paarl, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
School	Bergrivier High School, Wellington
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team Bulls / Blue Bulls / Blue Bulls XV Youth career 2007–2008 Boland Cavaliers Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008–2012 Boland Cavaliers 68 (135) 2014–2015 Cheetahs 27 (55) 2014–2015 Free State Cheetahs 1 (0) 2019–present Bulls 14 (25) 2019–present Blue Bulls XV 1 (5) 2019–present Blue Bulls 6 (15) Correct as of 25 August 2019 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2014 South Africa Sevens 2012 South African Barbarians (South) 1 (0) 2014–2015 South Africa 12 (25) 2014 Springbok XV 1 (0) Correct as of 25 July 2015
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  South Africa World Games 2013 Cali Team competition Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team competition

Career

Boland Cavaliers

He represented local team Boland Cavaliers through various underage competitions and graduated to the first team.

He made his first team debut for Boland against the Free State Cheetahs in the 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division season.[2] He remained a first team regular for them over the next five seasons.

Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs

He signed a contract with the Cheetahs to join them for the 2014 season,[3] having previously agreed a deal with them for 2013,[4] but failed to play for them in 2013 due to his South Africa Sevens commitments.

He was included in the Cheetahs squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[5] and made his debut – also scoring a try – in a 21–20 defeat to the Lions in Bloemfontein.[6][7]

Stormers / Western Province

He returned to the Western Cape for the 2016 season, signing a two-year deal with Western Province and the Stormers.[8] However, he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and failed to make any appearances for them.[9]

Toulon

In December 2016, French Top 14 side Toulon announced the signing of Hendricks until the end of the 2016–17 season.[10] However, a few weeks after announcing this deal, Toulon stated that he would not join the team after all.[11]

Representative rugby

He was also a member of the South Africa Sevens team during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.[12] In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[13]

In May 2014, Hendricks was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.[14]

He made his debut on 14 June 2014 for the Springboks against Wales in Durban.

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against	Pld	W	D	L	Tri	Con	Pen	DG	Pts	%Won
Argentina	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	100
Australia	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	50
Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	50
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Wales	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	66.67
Total	11	7	0	4	5	0	0	0	25	63.64

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	Wales	Durban, South Africa	Kings Park	Mid-year rugby test series	14 June 2014	Won 38-16
2	Wales	Nelspruit, South Africa	Mbombela Stadium	Mid-year rugby test series	21 June 2014	Won 31-30
3	Argentina	Salta, Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena	2014 Rugby Championship	23 August 2014	Won 33-31
4	Australia	Perth, Australia	Patersons Stadium	2014 Rugby Championship	6 September 2014	Lost 23-24
5	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	2014 Rugby Championship	13 September 2014	Lost 10-14

References

1. "SA Rugby Player Profile – Cornal Hendricks". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
2. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Boland Kavaliers 10-15 Vodacom FS Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
3. "Blitsbok Hendricks word Cheetah". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
4. "Al die Cheetah-aanwinste". suparugby.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
5. "Toyota Cheetahs kondig groep aan vir 2014 Vodacom SupeRugby seisoen" (Press release) (in Afrikaans). Cheetahs. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
6. "Match Centre: Cheetahs v Lions". SANZAR. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
7. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Toyota Cheetahs 20-21 Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
8. "Bok Cornal also signs for WP". SuperSport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
9. "Bok Hendricks confident of overcoming heart condition". EyeWitness News. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
10. "Cornal Hendricks vient renforcer les lignes arrières" (Press release) (in French). Toulon Rugby. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
11. "Cornal Hendricks ne portera pas les couleurs toulonnaises" (Press release) (in French). Toulon Rugby. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
12. "Two new caps in SA squad for Gold Coast Sevens". South African Rugby Union. 4 October 2012. [{{{archiveurl}}} Archived] Check |archiveurl= value (help) from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
13. "Kyle Brown back to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2013. [{{{archiveurl}}} Archived] Check |archiveurl= value (help) from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
14. "Springbok training squad for Durban camp named". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2014. [{{{archiveurl}}} Archived] Check |archiveurl= value (help) from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

External links

• Cornal Hendricks at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series