Bulls to Honour Cornal Hendricks in Final URC Round-Robin Match with Power 23

Bulls to honour Cornal Hendricks in final URC round-robin match with power 23

Bulls tribute to Cornal Hendricks: "Rest in perfect peace"

The Bulls company has spoken out at the devastation within the franchise following the passing of Cornal Hendricks, a loved and celebrated former player, at the age of 37. The Paarl native was a 12-time capped Springbok, with 73 caps for the Pretoria-based franchise between the 2018/19 and 2023/24 seasons, before he returned to his homeland, Boland, for his career swansong. That new lease on his professional rugby life in 2019 came years after h…

Controversial cardiologist cleared Hendricks to play every season

A wave of grief swept through Loftus Versfeld on Thursday as the Bulls mourned the sudden death of former Springbok Cornal Hendricks – a player whose career comeback had been overseen by one of South Africa’s most controversial figures. Bulls CEO Edgar Rathbone broke down in tears while confirming that Hendricks, who passed away suddenly at his Wellington home on Wednesday night, had been undergoing annual heart assessments with cardiologist Dr …

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Tributes pour in for dedicated Bok ‘with a smile’

Messages of support and condolences have poured in from the rugby world for former Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday. SARU president Mark Alexander paid tribute to Hendricks, who played 12 Tests (scoring five tries) and won a Commonwealth Games gold medal with the South African sevens team in Glasgow in 2014. He was 37. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Cornal Hendricks, a remarkable athlet…