| Dewald Senekal | |
| Birth Name: | Dewald Meyer Senekal |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Uitenhage, South Africa |
| Height: | 1.97 m |
| Weight: | 114 kg |
| School: | HTS Daniel Pienaar, Uitenhage |
| Ru Currentposition: | Forwards Coach |
| Ru Currentteam: | Connacht |
| Ru Position: | Lock No. 8 |
| Years1: | 2009–2011 |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Years3: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Toulon |
| Clubs2: | Agen |
| Clubs3: | Bayonne |
| Apps1: | 13 |
| Apps2: | 37 |
| Apps3: | 76 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Points2: | 5 |
| Points3: | 5 |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 31 May 2015 |
| Superyears1: | 2007–2008 |
| Superyears2: | 2008–2009 |
| Super1: | Cheetahs |
| Super2: | Lions |
| Superapps1: | 2 |
| Superapps2: | 7 |
| Superpoints1: | 0 |
| Superpoints2: | 0 |
| Provinceyears1: | 2005 |
| Provinceyears2: | 2006–2007 |
| Provinceyears3: | 2008–2009 |
| Province1: | Pumas |
| Province2: | Valke |
| Province3: | Golden Lions |
| Provinceapps1: | 6 |
| Provinceapps2: | 19 |
| Provinceapps3: | 11 |
| Provincepoints1: | 0 |
| Provincepoints2: | 15 |
| Provincepoints3: | 5 |
| Coachyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Coachyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Coachyears3: | 2019 |
| Coachyears4: | 2021–2023 |
| Coachyears5: | 2023–2024 |
| Coachyears6: | 2024– |
| Coachteams1: | Bayonne (Forwards coach) |
| Coachteams2: | Grenoble (Joint-head coach) |
| Coachteams3: | Stade Français (Forwards coach) |
| Coachteams4: | Connacht (Forwards coach) |
| Coachteams5: | Oyonnax (Assistant coach) |
| Coachteams6: | Benetton (Assistant coach) |
| Ru Coachupdate: | 30 April 2021 |
Dewald Meyer Senekal is a South African rugby union coach who is currently Assistant coach of Italian United Rugby Championship team Benetton. From 2021 to 2023 he was Forwards coach for Irish province Connacht.[1]
In his playing career, Senekal played as a number eight for Bayonne, Agen and Toulon in France. He also played for the Cheetahs and Lions in his native South Africa before moving to the Northern hemisphere in 2009.
Senekal has also played cricket for the provincial teams of Eastern Province and the Northerns.[2]