David Pocock to miss Wallabies Rugby Championship opener

Wallabies flanker David Pocock is set to miss Wallabies' Rugby Championship game against the Springboks to give his calf problem more time to fully recover.

Pocock hasn’t played since March 8 after re-injuring a calf muscle, which he first hurt at a Wallabies training camp in January.

Michael Cheika’s side take on the Springboks in Johannesburg on July 20 in the first clash of a shortened Rugby Championship, followed by clashes against Argentina (Brisbane, July 27) and two against the All Blacks in Perth (August 10) and Auckland (August 17).

Cheika is set to name a 31-man squad for the Africa trip this week, and the Wallabies will leave for South Africa at the weekend, a week early, to have a training camp at altitude prior to the Test week.