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David Pocock shares medical tests footage as he recovers from injury
By Josh Raisey
Wallabies flanker David Pocock has faced a frantic few months as he has raced to be fit in time for the World Cup.
While he still has not played since the beginning of the Super Rugby season with a calf injury, he has still made Michael Cheika’s 31-man squad that will travel to Japan, as many expected he would.
If there was only a scintilla of a chance that the breakdown maestro would be able to play, it is likely that Cheika would have taken that risk with him.
However, while it is still unclear what his current fitness is, he has given updates this past week showing the tests that he has undergone with the Wallabies medical staff.
The 31-year-old shared footage on Twitter and Instagram of his calf being tested out in the gym while strapped up, which will be encouraging to all Australia fans ahead of their opening World Cup pool match on September 21 against Fiji in Sapporo. This is what Pocock shared:
"https://www.rugby.com.au/videos/2019/08/23/rwc-squad-announcement">a successful partnership with Michael Hooper.
Fiji will prove to be a stern test to start the tournament and the Wallabies will be better off with Pocock on the field.
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This France team is as good as they were when they went into the World Cup as favorites. Have gone through a rebuild of confidence and rediscovered that form.
Neither England nor Ireland will trouble this team in the 6N. That’s my prediction.
And I guess about time too. Considering that France has won but one 6N title in 6 seasons despite being the best French team for generations thriving off the platform which is the Top 14.
They must just beware of peaking too soon and going to Australia over confident.
Which is also why I thinks it’s absolutely bonkers that France isn’t sending there best players to New Zealand next year. Yes, it isn’t Australia, but getting some SH travel experience makes more sense than not.
Go to commentsI'm not meaning to criticise the players, it's a professional game, this is their livelihood so all power to them. I am aiming criticism at the selectors. Italy is the perfect opportunity to give players of the future a game such as Lakai, Love etc. There is a finite number of tests until the next world cup to develop the team, we are wasting one today.
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