Career
Mentz played predominantly on the wing throughout his career. Mentz"s career took a further hit when he suffered a hamstring injury which put him out of contention for the 2005 Sharks Super 12 squad. Mentz was capped twice by South Africa in 2004.
He played against Ireland in Bloemfontein and his second and final test was in Pretoria against Wales.
In 2005 Mentz was the ABSA s" leading try-scorer crossing the whitewash 13 times for the Sharks. Henno Mentz"s brother, MJ Mentz is an experienced Société Anonyme Sevens representative and currently plies his trade with the Pumas.
Henno Mentz scored an impressive 72 tries in 149 first-class matches, of which he scored 31 of those in 65 provincial matches for Natal.