I found some of my older footage on Canan Moodie back when I scouted u/20 players in the 2021 season. That's when he played for the Bulls and played outside position, which he also played back in school. As you can see in the video, he is special on attack, he just knows when to offload and has deceptive speed for someone his size. He's smooth with the ball in hand and creates space on the outside.
However, my only issue I had with him back then (Keep in mind this was in 2021, he's improved quite a bit), but he had some flaws on defence. He sometimes overcommits on tackles and you can get away with that at wing, but if you make a mistake like that at 13, you expose your team and put massive pressure on your outside and your fullback. People want to see Canan at 13, me as well, but I see him as a 2nd choice 13 and his main position should stay at wing. He's a way better wing than he is a 13. People also seem to forget, in 2021, Henco van Wyk was the best u/20 13 in the country by a mile. Canan was nowhere near close to the starting 13 for the Junior boks in that span. That's because defensively he still has his flaws, and at international level, defence is way more important than attack (especially at 13). Now here is the most important reason why I see him as 13, because we saw this with the Junior boks. The combination of having Henco at 13 and Moodie at 14, was incredible for the Junior boks, and we only saw it once but it was special to watch against Argentina's u20's. Their defence together was incredible, especially with the kick chase strategy where Moodie is great at creating pressure with chase, and then Henco is there to get a turnover after Moodie makes the tackle. Just go watch the Junior boks game against Argentina in 2021, then you'll see why Henco should be 13, and Moodie 14.
Moodie is just starting to get into his own at wing and becoming great at it, I find silly to try and change him to 13, rather make him World Class at 14. Then you have Henco at 13 for 2027, now we have the change to have develop 2 world class players in the backline for next world cup. Now for 2023, I think it's great that they're playing Moodie at 13, we need a backup plan, we can't just rely on Jessie Kriel. I mean Kriel was fantastic against Wales, but people act like he's been doing that for years, and that has not been the case, that's his first great game in a long while. He needs to consistently show that he can add value on attack and not just on defence. But for the Wales game, it was good to see him showing his attacking side, it shows us fans that he is capable of doing it.
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