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Pocock scoops a very non-rugby award
By Josh Raisey
David Pocock has racked up quite a few awards throughout his career - but he was able to add a new one to his collection on Thursday.
The two-time John Eales Medal winner received the Special Editor’s Award at the GQ Men of the Year Awards.
The flanker’s Test and Super Rugby career may have now ended, but there are many more strings to his bow, which has made him a worthy candidate for this accolade.
Throughout his career, Pocock has always championed gay rights and campaigned for equal marriage in Australia.
In recent years, he has been very vocal about climate change, and released a book this year, In Our Nature, alongside his wife, Emma; a project where all profits will go towards conservation.
"https://www.rugbypass.com/news/sam-warburton-omits-two-all-blacks-greats-in-best-international-team-hes-faced-xv/">revered as one of the great loose forwards in the game, albeit in a career that has been ravaged by injury.
His life as a professional rugby player is still not over, as he is set to rejoin Japan’s Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League, a club he has played for previously. Although his career may be winding down, Pocock looks well prepared for life post-rugby.
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Dude to me looks pretty fast for a big man, nearly 2m and 130kg, in his workout vid he was signed off. Possibly a bit slow on his reads movement wise though, but I’ve not got anything to compare him to. Hope the dude nails it and finds his sport, could have been a devastating lock in rugby if he wasn’t a footballer growing up.
Go to commentsWell, does that make it every year Moana has lost it’s best player the following year? Normally it’s more immediate I guess, at least there best player had a follow up year this time.
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