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The concerning amount of time Pocock has spent on the sidelines in what is likely his final Super Rugby season

David Pocock of the Brumbies. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar admits it’s frustrating after David Pocock’s injury return was delayed for at least another two weeks.

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Wallabies star Pocock hasn’t played in the last six games as he nurses a calf injury and he will miss the Brumbies’ crunch Super Rugby clash against the Blues in Canberra on Saturday.

The flanker has been on the park for just 138 minutes in three appearances through 11 rounds this season, and has played more Tests than Super Rugby games in the past two years.

Pocock, 31, is likely playing his final Super Rugby season and the latest setback means he may only have three Super Rugby games in Australia left.

“It’s no more frustrating for me than it is for David,” McKellar said.

“He’s pushing hard and wants to make a contribution on field and it’s been a disappointing few weeks for him.

“We’ve made progress but he’s just not right so he’s another week or two away.

“There is light at the end o f the tunnel but I can’t give you an exact date. I’d love to.

“Hopefully we’ll see him in Brumbies colours sooner rather than later.”

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It’s a tough blow for the Brumbies who are back in Canberra following a gruelling tour of South Africa and Argentina.

But if they secure a bonus-point win against the Blues and results fall their way, they can go top of the Australian conference this weekend.

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JW 7 hours ago
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Have to imagine it was a one off sorta thing were they were there (saying playing against the best private schools) because that is the level they could play at. I think I got carried away and misintrepted what you were saying, or maybe it was just that I thought it was something that should be brought in.


Of course now school is seen as so much more important, and sports as much more important to schooling, that those rural/public gets get these scholarships/free entry to play at private schools.


This might only be relevant in the tradition private rugby schools, so not worth implementing, but the same drain has been seen in NZ to the point where the public schools are not just impacted by the lost of their best talent to private schools, there is a whole flow on effect of losing players to other sports their school can' still compete at the highest levels in, and staff quality etc. So now and of that traditional sort of rivalry is near lost as I understand it.


The idea to force the top level competition into having equal public school participation would be someway to 'force' that neglect into reverse. The problem with such a simple idea is of course that if good rugby talent decides to stay put in order to get easier exposure, they suffer academically on principle. I wonder if a kid who say got selected for a school rep 1st/2nd team before being scouted by a private school, or even just say had two or three years there, could choose to rep their old school for some of their rugby still?


Like say a new Cup style comp throughout the season, kid's playing for the private school in their own local/private school grade comp or whatever, but when its Cup games they switch back? Better represent, areas, get more 2nd players switching back for top level 1st comp at their old school etc? Just even in order to have cool stories where Ella or Barrett brothers all switch back to show their old school is actually the best of the best?

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