David Pocock retires: Australian great quits rugby to focus on conservation efforts

Former Wallabies star will not return to Panasonic Wild Knights‘Time was right’ to call time on 15-year careerDavid Pocock, one of the finest rugby union players to represent Australia, has announced his retirement from the sport, saying “the time was right” to hang up his playing boots.The Zimbabwe-born flanker, who was capped 83 times over an 11-year Wallabies career, opted against returning to his Japanese Top League club, the Panasonic Wild Knights, for another season. Related: David Pocock and Wallabies teammates lead sporting charge on carbon emissions | Andrew Stafford Related: We live…