David Pocock thanks supporters as his Maules Creek protest goes to court

Former Wallabies star was arrested in November after he attached himself to a digger during a blockade of the coalmine site in New South WalesThe former Wallabies captain David Pocock, who was arrested during a coalmine protest in north-west New South Wales, has been excused from appearing in court.Pocock joined several people in locking himself to a digger as part of a long-running blockade at the Maules Creek coalmine in the Leard state forest in November.Pocock and a farmer, Rick Laird, were arrested and taken into custody by police 10 hours after occupying the digger .My court case has bee…