It was once said Hooper and Pocock sounded like a harmless firm of provincial solicitors.
But it would never have worked in the legal profession because of their penchant for pilfering — pilfering opposition ball on a rugby pitch, that is.
Throughout his career David Pocock was one of the few back rowers to compete on pretty much equal terms with Richie McCaw, while alongside him Australia team-mate Michael Hooper never stopped working, a player adept at turning the ball over and pretty much every other aspect of the openside’s art.
