David Pocock
Australian rugby union player and politician · South Africa · On the map · Politicians · Born 1988 · age 38
David Willmer Pocock is an Australian politician and former professional rugby union player. Born in South Africa and then raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Pocock moved to Australia as a teenager and played for the Australia national rugby team.
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Nathan Sharpe Teammate at Western Force, 2006-2012
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Stephen Moore Teammate at ACT Brumbies, 2012-2016
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He played primarily at openside flanker, and was vice captain of the Brumbies in Super Rugby. After his retirement, Pocock worked as a conservationist and social justice advocate. In the 2022 Australian federal election, Pocock ran as an independent candidate for one of the Australian Capital Territory's two Senate seats. He defeated Liberal incumbent senator Zed Seselja, ending the two major parties' duopoly on the ACT's Senate delegation which had been in place since the ACT was granted Senate representation in 1975.
