{"id":9712,"date":"2012-04-06T15:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-wallabies-flanker-pocock-not-on-melbournes-shopping-list\/"},"modified":"2012-04-06T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T13:54:30","slug":"rugby-wallabies-flanker-pocock-not-on-melbournes-shopping-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-wallabies-flanker-pocock-not-on-melbournes-shopping-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Wallabies flanker Pocock not on Melbourne’s shopping list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 6<\/span> (Reuters) – The Melbourne Rebels have no interest in
\nsigning David Pocock for next season and have not held any
\ndiscussions with the Wallabies flanker about a move, the Super
\nRugby team said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Zimbabwe-born Pocock, the heir apparent to New Zealand’s
\nRichie McCaw as the world’s best openside flanker, is out of
\ncontract with the Perth-based Western Force at the end of the
\nseason.<\/p>\n

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Wallabies James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale bolstered
\nMelbourne’s backline this year but the Rebels said they had “not
\nhad, nor intend to have, any discussions with David Pocock about
\njoining the Rebels for the 2013 Super Rugby season”.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It never ceases to amaze us where this nonsense comes from.
\nThere is absolutely no basis of fact in this report,” Rebels
\nchief Steven Boland said in a news release.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am on record as saying we think David is a wonderful
\nplayer, but he is not in our plans.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rebels, who finished last in their maiden season in the
\n15-team competition last year, will be losing flyhalf Danny
\nCipriani at the end of the season when the former England
\ninternational returns home with Sale Sharks.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

They also, however, strongly denied any interest in signing
\nAustralia flyhalf Quade Cooper, a good friend of O’Connor and
\nBeale, from the Queensland Reds.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Pocock, 23, was made captain of the Western Force for this
\nseason but has not signed a contract extension with the team
\nthat he has represented for his entire senior career.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney; Editing by John
\nO’Brien)
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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