South Africa: former Springboks rugby player Cornal Hendricks dead at 37

Cornal Hendricks, a South African rugby player who made 12 appearances for the Springboks and was a star for his country at sevens, has died. He was 37.

Hendricks died on Wednesday after a heart attack, SA Rugby said on Thursday. He was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2015 and retired from professional rugby on medical advice, before making a comeback in 2019.

Mark Alexander, president of SA Rugby, said he was “deeply saddened”…