Op 19-jarige ouderdom bel sy ma hom met die goeie nuus dat hy vir die Springbokspan gekies is en twee jaar later verteenwoordig hy die land by die Rugby-w\u00eareldbeker (RBW) in Frankryk \u2013 \u2019n droom wat verwesenlik is, maar tog met uitdagings gekom het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00f3 het Canan Moodie, \u2019n veelsydige Springbok-RWB-kampioen, Donderdag ges\u00ea toe Paarliete hom in die vallei welkom geheet het. Canan is \u2019n oud-leerder van Boland Landbouskool net buite die Paarl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die verwelkomingseremonie het by Radio KC se ateljee in Bredastraat plaasgevind, waar Moodie se onder\u00adsteuners in groot getalle vir foto\u2019s met hul eie kampioen opgedaag het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moodie s\u00ea hy is dankbaar vir al die ondersteuning wat die Bokke tydens die RWB ontvang het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het nie altyd gesien wat alles in die land aangaan nie, maar kon deur TikTok-video\u2019s en Facebook-plasings \u2019n idee kry van wat dit vir almal beteken. Ek dink toe ons daar by die lughawe (OR Tambo in Johannesburg) opdaag, kon ons amper nie glo hoe baie mense ons ondersteun het nie \u2013 nie net by die lughawe nie, maar ook tydens die trofee-toer het mense van Bonteheuwel, Langa en al daardie plekke hul ondersteuning kom toon. Ons kon toe sien dat ons hierdie land werklik trots gemaak het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea hoewel rugby nog altyd sy eerste liefde was, was dit nie noodwendig \u2019n maklike pad nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOp skool was ek nie altyd goed en vir die eerste span gekies nie. Dit was tydens my matriekjaar toe ek besluit het dis dalk iets waarvan ek \u2019n loopbaan wil maak. Ek is dankbaar vir my broer wat my hard gedruk het asook my vriende wat vyfuur die oggend sou opstaan om saam met my te gaan oefen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moodie s\u00ea in sy matriekjaar in 2020 het die Covid-19 pandemie sy rugby- drome baie onseker laat lyk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het verwys na \u2019n video wat tydens die inperking op sosiale media gedeel is waarin hy en sy broer rugby oefen nadat alle sportsoorte- en sportgeleenthede weens die pandemie gestop is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVir baie seuns wat op skool rugby speel, is jou matriekjaar gewoonlik die jaar waarin almal aan die Cravenweek en SA skole wil deelneem en hopelik \u2019n kontrak kry. Na slegs drie wedstryde word sport gestop en ek dink daar gaan my droom om \u2019n rugbyspeler te word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGelukkig vir my het ek vriende en familie gehad wat my aanhou motiveer het dat ek steeds my drome kan verwesenlik. Daardie video wys dat ek werklik \u2019n droom gehad het. Ongeag die omstandighede het ek \u2019n manier gevind om te doen waarvoor ek lief is. Hier staan ek vandag \u2013 \u2019n rugbykampioen op 21-jarige ouderdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moodie se ma, Chantel, s\u00ea sy is vandag dankbaar dat sy haar kinders met dissipline en deursettingsvermo\u00eb grootgemaak het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCanan staan hier langs my en hy kan getuig dat ek altyd vir hulle s\u00ea dit wat \u2019n mens begin, gaan jy voltooi. Met daardie beginsels stuur jy jou kind die toekoms in met die wete dat hulle met enigeen oor die weg sal kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is dankbaar om te kan erken dat Canan \u2019n baie nederige mens is. Dieselfde mens wat hy hier by die huis is, is wie hy daar buite is \u2013 dis hoe ons hom geleer het. Watter hoogtes jy ook al in die lewe mag bereik \u2013 dit is die mense hier rondom jou wat altyd jou grootste ondersteuners sal wees, so baie dankie aan almal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met Moodie wat terug is in die land is, is die verwagting dat hy binnekort na die Blou Bulle in Pretoria sal terugkeer en sy fokus weer na provinsiale rugby sal skuif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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