Cornal Hendricks

Cornal Hendricks
Personal information
Born (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988
Paarl, South Africa
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended Bergrivier High School, Wellington
Club information
Playing position Wing
Current club Western Province / Stormers
Youth career
2007–08 Boland Cavaliers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2008–12 Boland Cavaliers 68 (135)
2014–15 Cheetahs 27 (55)
2014–15 Free State Cheetahs 1 (5)
2016– Stormers 0 (0)
Representative team(s)‡
2012– S.A. Sevens ()
2012 S.A. Barbarians (South) 1 (0)
2014– South Africa 12 (25)
2014 Springbok XV 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 18 October 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 25 July 2015.

Cornal Hendricks is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Stormers.[1] His usual position is wing.

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 S.A. 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]

Representative rugby

Cornal Hendricks
Medal record
Competitor for  South Africa
Men's Rugby sevens
World Games
2013 Cali Team
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Team

He was also a member of the S.A. Sevens team during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.[9] In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[10]

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.[11]

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
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. ↑ "Player Profile Cornal Hendricks". sarugby.net. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Boland Kavaliers vs Vodacom FS Cheetahs". sarugby.net. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  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. ↑ "Match Breakdown: Toyota Cheetahs vs Lions". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bok Cornal also signs for WP". SuperSport. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Two new caps in SA squad for Gold Coast Sevens". South Africa Rugby Union. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Brown to command Springbok Sevens for Mission Moscow". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Springbok training squad for Durban camp named". South African Rugby Union. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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