David Pocock Bio

A dominant openside flanker and a giant of Australian rugby who was capped 78 times by his country between 2008 and 2019, David Pocock was inducted into the RugbyPass Hall of Fame in 2021.

Born on 23 April 1988, David Pocock grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe before he moved to Australia with his family in 2002. His rugby talent immediately propelled him through the school rugby system and he was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2005 after he won the Premiership with Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane alongside future Wallabies teammate Quade Cooper.

In 2006, David Pocock made his debut for the Force in Super Rugby. Only two years later, after a string of impressive performances for Australia ‘A’, he made his debut for the Australian team. In 2009, he then enjoyed a breakthrough year and played in 13 out of a possible 14 tests for the Wallabies. The year after, he won the John Eales Medal, which is the highest honour in Australian rugby. In 2010 and 2011, he was also a finalist for the IRB International Player of the Year.