If the flanker manages to do so, he can in part thank Carcoar wheelchair racing legend Kurt Fearnley.

Pocock read Fearnley’s biography while he was working through consecutive knee reconstructions.

Fearnley also passed on a note, via Brumbies rehabilitation coach Ben Serpell, on the eve of the back rower’s return. It inspired the Wallaby.

“I don't know, there's plenty of cliched take the money athletes out there and to see someone like Kurt, he's just real,” Pocock said.

“He tells it how it is and he just lets the raw emotion be seen and I think that's pretty special and pretty rare now.”