Cornal Hendricks

Cornal Hendricks (born 18 April 1988) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the  in the Currie Cup and the  in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is wing.

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 South Africa Sevens commitments.

He was included in the squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut – also scoring a try – in a 21–20 defeat to the  in Bloemfontein.

Stormers / Western Province
He returned to the Western Cape 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 Top 14 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 South Africa Sevens team during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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.

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

Honours

 * Currie Cup Player of the Year (2020–21)
 * Pro14 Rainbow Cup runner-up 2021
 * Currie Cup winner 2020–21, 2021
 * United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021-22

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