Bulls, SA Rugby mourn shock death of former Bok Cornal Hendricks at 37
SA Rugby said apart from playing in '12 Tests for the Springboks in 2014 and 2015, he also represented the Blitzboks between 2011 and 2014, with whom he won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow in 2014.
'Hendricks, who was named Springbok Sevens Player of the Year for 2013, made his senior debut in the colours of the Boland Cavaliers, which is also where his career concluded after his last game for Boland in the SA Cup earlier this year.
'He also represented the Cheetahs and Bulls with distinction in Super Rugby and the United Rugby Championship, and the light blue jersey in the Currie Cup finals of 2020 and 2021, both won by the Bulls.
'Apart from his 12 Tests, in which he scored five tries, Hendricks played one non-Test match for Boks and also ran out in the colours of the South Africa A team. In total Hendricks played 233 first-class matches in a career spanning 17 years.'
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