South Africa’s 20-year-old back grew up next to a drug den but a supportive family and street-honed skills have changed his life
. “Two houses away from me was a drug house. When I go home now, things are still there. It wasn’t the greatest of environments to grow up in. Playing touch rugby on the grass or in the road was our way of staying busy and keeping away from that.”
“Once I got a bit older and realised that rugby might be work for me I started joining him. It was tough but when you come from a tough environment you play the cards that you’re dealt.” Canan Moodie runs the All Blacks ragged as South Africa hammer their opponents in a World Cup warm-up match.A supernatural first-half offload and two mesmeric sidesteps for a “try”, until it was disallowed for an earlier offence, were merely the most obvious examples of the young centre’s blooming talent. “Most of us get our skills in the streets growing up,” said Moodie.
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