Cornal Hendricks (born 18 April 1988) is a South African

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player for the in

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, the in the

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and the in the Rugby Challenge. His usual position is

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Career

Boland Cavaliers

He represented local team through various underage competitions and graduated to the first team. He made his first team debut for Boland against the in the 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division season. He remained a first team regular for them over the next five seasons.

Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs

He signed a contract with the to join them for the 2014 season, having previously agreed a deal with them for 2013, but failed to play for them in 2013 due to his

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commitments. He was included in the squad for the

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and made his debut – also scoring a try – in a 21–20 defeat to the in

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Stormers / Western Province

He returned to the

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for the 2016 season, signing a two-year deal with and the . However, he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and failed to make any appearances for them.

Toulon

In December 2016, French

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side announced the signing of Hendricks until the end of the 2016–17 season. However, a few weeks after announcing this deal, Toulon stated that he would not join the team after all.

Representative rugby

He was also a member of the

team during the 2011–12 and 2012–13

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. In 2013, he was included in the squad for the

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. In May 2014, Hendricks was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a

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training camp prior to the

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. He made his debut on 14 June 2014 for the

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against

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in Durban.

Honours

* Currie Cup Player of the Year (

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) * Pro14 Rainbow Cup runner-up

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* Currie Cup winner

* United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021-22

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

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

References

External links

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