Canan Moodie

Canan Moodie (born 5 November 2002) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Bulls in the URC and South Africa national team.[2] His regular position is wing.

Canan Moodie
Full nameCanan Moodie
Date of birth (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002
Place of birthPaarl, South Africa
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb)
SchoolHoër Landbouskool Boland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Fullback centre
Current team Bulls / Blue Bulls
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022– Blue Bulls 4 (15)
2022– Bulls 26 (60)
Correct as of 11 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022– South Africa 10 (25)
Correct as of 01 October 2023

Canan Moodie was born and raised in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. He initially attended Paarl Boys' Primary School and then chose to board at Boland Agricultural High School. This allowed him to focus on rugby development, away from home. At school, he played rugby as a centre, winning a high school championship. He also represented the Western Province's youth teams in 2019 and 2020.

After completing high school, he joined the Blue Bulls Academy in Pretoria; competing in the 2021 RSA provincial under-20 championship.

In the same year, he was selected for the South African under-20 team to compete in the International Series, a Covid-19 induced replacement series for the Junior World Championship. He performed well, scoring two braces against Uruguay and Argentina.

Moodie was named in the Blue Bulls side for the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division.[3] He made his Currie Cup debut for the Blue Bulls against the Western Province in Round 2 of the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division.[4] During his first professional match on 19th January 2022 against Western Province, scoring on his debut.

Shortly after his professional debut, he joined the Bulls franchise during their first season of the United Rugby Championship (URC). He quickly became a starter in the team coached by Jake White. His side made the 2022 championship playoffs, finishing as runners-up.

In August 2022, he was included in the Springboks touring squad for away matches against Australia in the Rugby Championship.[5] In his Test debut against Australia in Sydney, Moodie scored a try in the 38th minute.[6]

He earned his first cap as the second youngest player to ever play for the Springboks.

In June 2023, he was included in the wider 40-player squad for the 2023 Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup training camp. Two months later, he was also named in the final 33-person South Africa squad for the 2023 World Cup in France.

Test match record
As of 2 October 2023
Opponent P W D L Try Pts %Won
 Argentina330015100
 Australia220015100
 England110000100
 New Zealand110000100
 Romania110000100
 Tonga110015100
 Wales1100210100
Total101000525100

International tries
As of 2 October 2023
TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1  Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney Football Stadium 2022 Rugby Championship 3 September 2022 Win 8–24
2  Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina José Amalfitani Stadium 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 5 August 2023 Win 13–24
3  Wales Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 19 August 2023 Win 16–52
4
5  Tonga Marseille, France Stade Vélodrome 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B match 1 October 2023 Win 49–18

Honours
  • United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021–22

References
  1. "Canan Moodie". Bulls. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. "Canan Moodie". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. "Blue Bulls squad". SA Rugby. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. "Bok-powered Bulls pummel Province". SA Rugby Magazine. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. Daily Maverick, Boks set to unleash versatile Canan Moodie on Wallabies
  6. "Boks end their drought Down Under". rugby365.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.


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