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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.
WATCH: Michael Cheika explains the strategy surrounding the selection of his Australian World Cup squad
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He is contracted to the end of 2025. When he took the job he said he probably wouldn't go onto the RWC. If that pans out how does that equate with walking out and undermining us.
And you confidently stated that due to your influence he would be gone by the end of 2024.
That didn't happen and he definitely will be coaching the Wallabies until the end of this year and if he leaves then it will be as per his contract.
Your Walter Mitty fantasising continues.
Go to commentsTripe. When have the ABs or the Boks ever been scared of playing each other. If the Eden Park record gets broken then this would be the team I'd want to lose it to. Crikey that's going to be a great game.
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