David Pocock

**David Willmer Pocock** (an haife shi ranar 23 ga watan Afrilu 1988) ɗan siyasan Australiya ne kuma tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. An haife shi a Afirka ta Kudu sannan ya girma a Gweru, Zimbabwe, Pocock ya koma Ostiraliya tun yana matashi kuma ya buga wa tawagar rugby ta Australia wasa. Ya fara taka leda a bangaren budewa, kuma ya kasance mataimakin kyaftin din Brumbies a Super Rugby. Bayan ya yi ritaya, Pocock ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kiyayewa da kuma mai ba da shawara kan adalci na zamantakewa. A cikin Zaben tarayya na Australiya na 2022, Pocock ya yi takara a matsayin dan takara mai zaman kansa don daya daga cikin kujerun Majalisar Dattijai guda biyu na Babban Birnin Australiya. Ya kayar da Sanata mai mulki na Liberal Zed Seselja, wanda ya kawo karshen duopoly na manyan jam'iyyun biyu a kan tawagar Majalisar Dattijai ta ACT wacce ta kasance tun lokacin da aka ba ACT wakilcin Majalisar Dattijan a 1975.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi David Willmer Pocock  a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1988 a Messina, Afirka ta Kudu.  Shi ne babba a cikin 'ya'ya maza uku da Jane (née Ferguson) da Andy Pocock suka haifa. Ya shafe shekara ta farko a wani yanki na citrus, "Denlynian", a Beitbridge, Zimbabwe, wanda kakansa Ian Ferguson ya sayi a cikin shekarun 1960 kuma daga ƙarshe ya dauki ma'aikata har zuwa mutane 300. An haife shi a Afirka ta Kudu a asibitin da ke kusa da gidan iyayensa wanda ke Zimbabwe.

Lokacin da Pocock yake yaro, iyayensa sun koma arewa zuwa Gweru kuma sun haɗu da kakan mahaifinsa da kawunsa a kan gonar 2,800 hectares (6,900 acres), suna shuka kayan lambu da furanni don fitarwa da kuma gudanar da shanu. Ya halarci Kwalejin Kirista ta Midlands, inda ya fara buga wasan rugby. A shekara ta 2000, bayan da Robert Mugabe ya kwace gonakin fararen mallaka a Zimbabwe, iyayen Pocock sun nemi su yi ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya. Ba da daɗewa ba aka ba su sanarwa game da sayen tilas wanda ke buƙatar su bar dukiyarsu cikin kwanaki 90, bayan haka suka zauna a gidan hutun iyali a Port Alfred, Afirka ta Kudu, na watanni takwas. Sun sami biza ta Australiya a 2002 kuma sun zauna a Brisbane, Queensland . [1]

Pocock ta yi karatu a makarantar Anglican Church Grammar School a Brisbane. A shekara ta 2005, ya taka leda a makarantar da ba a ci nasara ba ta 1st XV tare da abokin wasan Australia na gaba Quade Cooper. A wannan shekarar, an zaba shi don yin wasa a cikin ƙungiyar Australian Schoolboys.[1]

## Ayyukan Rugby

### Stints tare da Force da Brumbies (Super Rugby)

Pocock ya buga wa Western Force wasa, inda ya fara bugawa a 2006 a kan Sharks a Durban.  Pocock ya buga wa 'yan makarantar Australia da Australia A a gasar cin kofin kasashen IRB ta 2007,  wanda ya lashe wasan sau da yawa a gasar. Daga nan sai ya fara bugawa Australia a matsayin mai maye gurbin Barbarians a ranar 3 ga Disamba 2008.

Pocock ya fara gwajinsa na farko a Hong Kong a kan New Zealand a ƙarshen 2008, sannan ya buga wa Italiya da Barbarians a kan yawon shakatawa na Wallabies. A wannan shekarar ya kuma zama kyaftin din 'yan kasa da shekaru 20 na Australia a gasar zakarun duniya ta Junior a Wales, sannan aka ba shi kyaftin din Emirates Western Force don yawon shakatawa na ci gaban Ingila.

A shekara ta 2009 Pocock ya buga wasanni 13 na Super Rugby kuma an sake kiransa zuwa Wallabies Squad. Shekarar 2009 ta kasance shekara mai ban sha'awa, a lokacin da ya fito a cikin 13 daga cikin gwaje-gwaje 14 da Australia ta buga - gami da wani mutum na kokarin wasan a gwajin da aka yi da Ireland a Croke Park, da kuma gwajin gwaji na farko a lokacin nasarar 33-12 a kan Wales a Cardiff. Pocock ya fara shekarar a baya ta hanyar zira kwallaye na farko ga kasar da ya karɓa a lokacin nasarar 55-7 a kan Barbarians a wasan da ba a buga ba a Sydney. A matsayin yabo ga ingantaccen aikinsa a wasan Pocock ya maye gurbin dan wasan Wallaby mai suna George Smith, marigayi a cikin Tri-Nations na 2009. A gwajin Wales a cikin 2009 Autumn Internationals, ya mayar da yatsa a cikin socket dinsa bayan an cire shi kuma ya ci gaba da wasa. Duk da haka, an maye gurbinsa a rabin lokaci kuma George Smith ya maye gurbin shi.[1]

A shekara ta 2010, Pocock ya zama zaɓi na farko na budewa ga Wallabies. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta John Eales a shekarar 2010 - mafi girman girmamawa a Rugby ta Australia . An amince da Pocock a matakin kasa da kasa bayan an zabi shi tare da wasu 'yan wasa biyar don 2010 IRB Player of the Year, lambar yabo da aka ba wa mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a rugby na duniya. Bugu da kari an san shi da Zaɓin Wallaby na Shekara na Ostiraliya kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA).

A duka 2010 da 2011, Pocock ya kasance dan wasan karshe na IRB International Player of the Year . 

Pocock ya ɗauki matsayin kyaftin din Wallabies a lokacin jerin gwaje-gwaje na tsakiya na 2012 lokacin da kyaftin din James Horwill ya ji rauni.

A ƙarshen kakar Super Rugby ta 2012, ya bar Western Force don shiga ACT Brumbies . 

A shekara ta 2013, ya sake gina gwiwa, kuma Michael Hooper ya zama Wallabies na farko da aka zaɓa lamba 7.

## Manazarta