AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika has named back rower David Pocock in his World Cup squad, despite the forward’s fitness concerns.
Pocock, 31, has not played for the Wallabies since November 2018 because of a calf injury but joins an experienced squad with back Adam Ashley- Cooper, who has 117 caps.
Fly-half Christian Leali’ifano, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in August 2016, is also in the squad along with uncapped teenager Jordan Petaia.
“I’m confident,” Cheika said. “We’ll be a little bit unpredictable, that’s been a bit of our theme this ...