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Jake admits Canan Moodie is getting tough love at the Bulls: 'I want him to play 100 Tests'

Canan Moodie earlier this week admitted wholeheartedly that he returns to Loftus under increased scrutiny because, at 19, he's already completed a meteoric rise by becoming a Springbok.

And while that means the precocious Bulls youngster will put more pressure on himself, he can be rest assured Jake White, his franchise director of rugby, is also going to be harder on him.

"I'm tougher on him. Much tougher. And I'm really being serious," the Bulls mentor said on Thursday after immediately restoring his international sensation to the starting lineup for Friday evening's URC meeting with Connacht.

"It's the most natural thing in the world. I've got kids and I know expectations change."

However, as with the majority of parents, this hardnosed attitude is adopted out of compassion.   

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"Canan's come from nowhere to being a Springbok and scoring tries in the Rugby Championship in nine months. That's why I'm tougher on him, not in a horrible way but because I want him to stay the way that he is."

Already famed for his superb work ethic, Moodie didn't take long to soothe any reservations White might've had in that regard. 

"That said, I don't really have to worry about him because he's still incredible. We had off on Wednesday and yet he he is, doing extras," said the former World Cup-winning coach. 

"I'm happy to say he hasn't lost who he is."

Revealingly but perhaps not unsurprisingly, White confirmed that Moodie's switch to his favoured No 13 position - where he might find his bread properly buttered at international level in the long-term - will happen at some stage.

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