South African prop Hencus van Wyk played in Major league Rugby during the 2022 season. He represented the San Diego Legion for his entire MLR career.

A native of Gauteng in South Africa, Hencus van Wyk developed in the Blue Bulls system, playing at the 2008 Under–16 Grant Khomo Week and the Under–18 Craven Week for the Limpopo Blue Bulls before entering the Blue Bulls proper, representing the Blue Bulls U19s in 2011, and the U21s in 2012. Van Wyk earned his debut with the senior team in the 2011 Vodacom Cup while still a teenager, and earned his Super Rugby debut for the Bulls a few years later in 2013. He represented the Bulls in Super Rugby from 2013-2015 before heading to Japan to join the Munakata Sanix Blues for their 2015/16 campaign.

Van Wyk played with the Munakata Sanix Blues on and off between 2016-2020, also representing the Sunwolves, Japan’s Super Rugby franchise, and both the Lions and Cheetahs in his native South Africa. Ahead of the 2020/21 season in Japan, van Wyk moved to the NTT Red Hurricanes, before returning to South Africa to re-join the Cheetahs. He signed with the San Diego Legion ahead of the 2022 MLR season, marking his first season in the US. In his 1 season for the Legion, Hencus van Wyk started all 13 of his appearances and gained over 300m in possession while completing 89 tackles on defence. Following the 2022 MLR season, he re-joined the Cheetahs once again and has represented them since.