Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. They listen to birdsong)IAN 'POP' FERGUSON, GRANDFATHER: Could be egrets? As a 10-year-old in the school holidays, he was setting himself a project to research birds and would write up this whole folder. (Footage of David playing rugby)VOICES OFF-SCREEN: Go, David! (End of excerpt). And then we got a flat tyre.DAVID POCOCK: What's a road trip without a flat tyre?EMMA POCOCK, PARTNER: We borrowed this car from some people in South Africa and they... they've been very kind, but we've been so busy trying not to scratch it and now we've stuffed one of the tyres. And they'd say, "No, just, just some more." I don't know: it was something that I really enjoyed and I wanted to be the best at it. He played primarily at openside flanker, and was vice captain of the Brumbies in Super Rugby. And for us, after that, there was no turning back. DAVID POCOCK: We were all dealing with stuff when we arrived in Australia. JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: When Dave was about a year old, Andy wanted to go up and join his dad and his brother on a joint farming venture. ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: The first five years, all of us faced our demons and had to re-establish our identities, our self; had to find our feet, had to recover financially or at least learn how to survive financially. MIKE POCOCK, BROTHER: And when we got to Australia, we didn't really have the finances for school fees. We might have to just back away slightly when she gets a bit close. And we had, I remember at the airport we picked up 11 suitcases and that was us. It's a scrum, Michael! James Haskell put in arguably the best performance of his career as he helped England to a famous victory over the Wallabies in Brisbane. And late 60s he bought the citrus farm, which was just derelict bush. ... "It reminds me of the documentary 2040. His baby brother lies nearby)JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: David, who's your brother? Some of them that were young enough went to Australia and have done very well. IAN ‘POP’ FERGUSON, GRANDFATHER: We didn't really know what was going on, you know, but, um, he had it in his mind he wanted to get right to the top. At 27, Dave is now one of the best rugby union players in the world. Documentary We Don't Deserve Dogs. JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: Rugby isn't defining for Dave. We were always passing with Dad or kicking to Dad or watching rugby on TV. Times like these call for some backyard hard yakka, which is exactly what David Pocock will be doing after almost 12 months of neglect. (Excerpt from news report, Zimbabwe, 2000)REPORTER: And at his party's recent campaign launch, Mr Mugabe insisted half Zimbabwe's white-owned land will be seized for black resettlement. I guess it's a very white southern African thing: you play rugby at school. DAVID POCOCK: Given what was happening in other areas of the country, Dad had installed, like, a big security door in the sort of sleeping area of the house, where the rooms were, that we'd lock each night. Australian rugby union player, David Pocock was born on 23 April 1988, in Zimbabwe. JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: I'd say Dave always had a special relationship with my Dad. So he always used to play up an age group or two, or else all the mums would complain. (Footage ends), JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: Sibling rivalry was quite strong with the boys because they're all quite strong. DAVID POCOCK: There were a lot of staff working on the farm and they were a huge part of our lives. For more information about David Pocock … And then on 100 I would just walk off, otherwise we just, we'd never get out of the garden. (Footage of David and Emma stopped on the side of a dirt road in Zimbabwe. JUANITA PHILLIPS, PRESENTER (ABC TV News, 2014): The former Wallabies captain, David Pocock, has been arrested. You'll always find a bird book under his arm or, or something like that. Um, so I would've lived here for the first couple of years of my life. And they would be satisfied if I just kicked 100 more. He stands up for what he believes in - and I think that's pretty gutsy. Dave just has such a deep sense of responsibility to make a positive contribution there. So she kind of was always there. I don't know, ask the question, "Why?" DAVID POCOCK: People have moved on and started building cattle kraals, dropping bore holes, getting electricity supplies. Tonight we travel with Dave Pocock back to Zimbabwe, the only home he knew until his family fled to Australia when he was 14. (Footage ends). I mean, there were almost 1 million farm workers. First he's been able to afford to do it since he's become a rugby player. (Footage of David with his grandfather, seated by an open fire, overlooking a river at 'Denlynian', the family's game farm. But in my mind it was: "Pff, there's people way worse off. Last week we shared part one of this fascinating David Pocock documentary that gives us a look into the complex life of the Wallaby star who, along with his family, was practically forced to pack up and leave Zimbabwe almost 15 years ago. DAVID POCOCK: I've always been teased in my family for my love of birds. And, you know, I can just remember thinking, "Did that really happen?" The bird sits on his outstretched hand for a moment. (Footage of David and Emma driving at sunset)EMMA POCOCK, PARTNER (On phone): Yeah, we just had a flat tyre but we're about half an hour away. We led the way in the whole district at the time. JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: David was often just doing something that little bit differently. David Pocock Genres Documentary Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English. IAN ‘POP’ FERGUSON, GRANDFATHER: Sad. LUKE O'KEEFE, EIGHTYTWENTY VISION: Dave, when I first met him, was very mature for his age and a deep thinker. Wallabies flanker David Pocock says it was " really sad" to see his former international teammate Israel Folau sacked by Rugby Australia. ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: Leaving Africa was traumatic. Of course, where Pocock is concerned, he came back better than ever. He grew up on a farm that belongs to his family. And I try and get to Zimbabwe once a year. Go! (Home video footage of the boys assembling bed bases)JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: OK, so the big day has arrived: we've got beds.ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: Beds to sleep on! It was terrible. I was in hospital as an outpatient for about six months with post-traumatic stress disorder. I don't know, it just seemed like a given. (Home video footage of the family arriving in Brisbane, 2002)DAVID POCOCK: The city centre of BrisbaneJANE POCOCK, MOTHER: There's the Brisbane River, David.DAVID POCOCK: OK.(End of footage). (Footage ends). JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: It wasn't a total, total "white against black": it was very much a politically driven thing from Mugabe. STEVE POCOCK, BROTHER: You know, the real victims now left in Zimbabwe are the people, because there's extreme poverty, a low life expectancy. Watch with Prime Start your 30-day free trial. So I just started sh- screaming to the boys, "Grab, grab what you want to take. Wallabies' star David Pocock (pictured center) has had a revealing wardrobe malfunction during Australia's opening match of the Rugby World Cup in … Rugby World Cup 2015 final: Come and see Wallabies, David Pocock tells Sir David Attenborough. The ABC documentary tells Pocock's story from a young age in Zimbabwe to his off-the-field charity work and supporting social justice issues, as well as looking in depth at his comeback from two knee reconstructions. Come off it, man.DAVID POCOCK (laughs): They are!IAN ‘POP’ FERGUSON, GRANDFATHER: Oh, no. (Footage ends). (A rhinoceros appears out of the bush. ", (Home video footage of Andy amidst crops)JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: When will we start picking this, Andy?ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: We're picking on Friday. (Home video footage of David playing rugby at school)ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: Go forward, David! Before he turns climate crusader, retiring great David Pocock says he’d be only too happy to offer his opinion on the next Wallabies coach. Documentary Stab in the Dark: All Stars. The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) | Support organisations that may help reduce the amount of stress you carry and improve your capacity to care for someone with an eating disorder. Buy HD $4.99. Pocock's obsession with gaining lean muscle mass extended to his family traipsing around town(s) to find low-fat meals on days out. Windows are broken)DAVID POCOCK: This is where my folks - it was the manager's house, I think. Steven Moore has said that David is often known to watch him wake up, and then apologise profusely for waking him up. (Home video footage of David Pocock as a toddler, jumping on a bed. JANE POCOCK, MOTHER: We've always really tried not to hold any bitterness or- and really practise gratitude. Directed by Winsome Denyer. When Pocock was 14, Adam explains, he refused to go on a trip to the Whitsunday Islands unless his gym gear made the trip: "The only way we could get David on the yacht for the week was by renting a trailer and bringing David's whole bench press and weights on putting it onto the back of the yacht. Um, and I guess land was just a political football for politicians to use. Documentary D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary. So that was an indicator (laughs) that he was going to achieve something. (Excerpt ends). We knew that we were here and there was no Plan B: this had to work. And it actually came to quite a big head about three years after being in Australia, um, where I just completely broke down. DAVID POCOCK: Going back there: it's such a mix of emotions. (Footage of David and Emma driving)DAVID POCOCK: We're heading from Bulawayo down towards Beitbridge. MICK FANNING, PRESENTER: Hi. At 27, David Pocock made headlines around the world for his stand-out performances with the Wallabies during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. (Excerpt from news report, Zimbabwe, 2000)REPORTER 1: Martin Olds died in a hail of bullets, trying to fight off a group of armed independence war veterans. (Home video footage of David calling a bird. But a lot of, a lot of grief, a lot of loss. Woo! David is changing a tyre)EMMA POCOCK, PARTNER: Ah, so we came through the gate two and have been driving. ANDY POCOCK, FATHER: Dave started playing rugby when he was five. His dad's buried on that farm, so if it was hard for me and my brothers, I can't imagine how hard it was for him. (Footage of soldiers breaking down doors, chopping down crops, setting dwellings on fire. (Home video footage of Andy and his sons playing rugby. DAVID POCOCK: Times are obviously pretty tough. They seem to be building some other structures on the property, which is illegal.DAVID POCOCK: So this is the guy who's sunk the bore holes?ELIOT SHOKO, GAME FARM MANAGER: Yeah.DAVID POCOCK: The water tanks. And, "How have we allowed our world to get to this?" (Footage ends). They were called war veterans. It is a fascinating insight into not only the life of modern rugby great, but the documentary also covers an important piece of history, an unfortunate circumstance that has shaped Pocock’s drive for effecting social and enviromental change in both Australia and Africa. And then it would be getting dark and I'd say, "Guys, I need to go. No copyright infringement intended. 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